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The Tender Bar

A Memoir

By J.R. Moehringer

(11)

| Hardcover | 9781401300647

Book Description

A moving, vividly told memoir full of heart, drama, and exquisite comic timing, about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a barJ .R. Moehringer grew up listening for a voice: It was the sound of his missing father, a disc jockey who disappeared before J.R. spoke his first words. As Continue

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　這是一本，即使你不懂煙不懂酒，甚至不愛煙不愛酒，還是會給人煙霧瀰漫酒氣加身的感覺。
　沒有嗆人的煙味和作嘔的酒氣，而是茫茫然地，就這麼迷醉於作者淡淡的溫柔感傷語調。
　也是因為這樣的舉重若輕，那些讓人感傷的童年往事和令人神傷的男女之情，反反覆覆彈唱著的好男人養成，在終曲時仍是孑然一身的作者，和陸續凋零或消失無影的故舊，就更顯得酸意楚楚。
　我不知道這本書的中文版翻得如何，但英文版裡那種點根煙喝著小酒，娓娓道來三十多年過往的自若，讓人即使得抱著字典才能把全書看完，卻仍一頁一頁翻過不能罷手的無法抗拒。
　

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I loved this book!! I had heard about it this spring when I went to WEMA and from one our staff members at HHS. Moehringer made me laugh out loud and cry. He wrote so well that at times I was so frustrated with him I wanted to yell at him as if I was his mother! I am so excited this book just came o ... (continue)

I loved this book!! I had heard about it this spring when I went to WEMA and from one our staff members at HHS. Moehringer made me laugh out loud and cry. He wrote so well that at times I was so frustrated with him I wanted to yell at him as if I was his mother! I am so excited this book just came out in paperback, so I can suggest it for book club. Moehringer refered to The Great Gatsby a lot as well as other classic literature which kind makes me want to re-visit those or try some out. My favorite parts...the first time J.R. went to the beach with the men and when J.R. met and got to know Bill and Bud. I am looking forward to reading this again.8/1/2006--I saw J.R.!! He looks so much better in person. He spoke at a bookstore in Milwaukee, WI. He was wonderful. He made us laugh and had some of us close to tears. I look forward to reading his articles in the L.A. Times. He called himself a "literary journalist".

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