The Prince of Frogtown

The Prince of Frogtown

In this final volume of the beloved American saga that began with All Over but the Shoutinâ€™ and continued with Avaâ€™s Man, Rick Bragg closes his circle of family stories with an unforgettable tale about fathers and sons inspired by his own relationship with his ten-year-old stepson.

He learns, right from the start, that a man who chases a woman with a child is like a dog who chases a car and wins. He discovers that he is unsuited to fatherhood, unsuited to fathering this boy in particular, a boy who does not know how to throw a punch and doesnâ€™t need to; a boy accustomed to love and affection rather than violence and neglect; in short, a boy wholly unlike the child Rick once was, and who longs for a relationship with Rick that Rick hasnâ€™t the first inkling of how to embark on. With the weight of this new boy tugging at his clothes, Rick sets out to understand his father, his son, and himself.

The Prince of Frogtown documents a mesmerizing journey back in time to the lush Alabama landscape of Rickâ€™s youth, to Jacksonvilleâ€™s one-hundred-year-old mill, the townâ€™s blight and salvation; and to a troubled, charismatic hustler coming of age in its shadow, Rickâ€™s father, a man bound to bring harm even to those he truly loves. And the book documents the unexpected corollary to it, the marvelous journey of Rickâ€™s later life: a journey into fatherhood, and toward a child for whom he comes to feel a devotion that staggers him. With candor, insight, tremendous humor, and the remarkable gift for descriptive storytelling on which he made his name, Rick Bragg delivers a brilliant and moving rumination on the lives of boys and men, a poignant reflection on what it means to be a father and a son.
Country USA
Brand Audible
Manufacturer Random House Audio
Binding Audible Audiobook
UnitCount 1
Format Unabridged
ReleaseDate 0000-00-00

Country	USA
Brand	Audible
Manufacturer	Random House Audio
Binding	Audible Audiobook
UnitCount	1
Format	Unabridged
ReleaseDate	0000-00-00

The Prince of Frogtown

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