{"product_id":"these-boys-and-their-fathers-don-waters-9781609386795","title":"These Boys and Their Fathers: A Memoir","description":"In 2010, Don Waters set out to write a magazine story about a surfing icon who had known his absentee father. It was an attempt to find a way of connecting to a man he never knew. He didn't imagine that the story would become a years-long quest to understand a man who left behind almost nothing except for a self-absorbed autobiography for his abandoned son. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThese Boys and Their Fathers \u003c\/i\u003etouches on Waters's early life with his single mother--and her string of dysfunctional men--and his later search for and encounters with his father, but it quickly expands into a gripping account of the life of a 1930s pulp writer, also named Don Waters, with whom Waters becomes obsessed. This wildly original book blends memoir, investigative reporting, and fiction to sort out difficult aspects of family, masculinity, and what it means to be a father.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Don Waters\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1609386795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609386795\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Iowa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/2019","brand":"Don Waters","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938747777279,"sku":"9781609386795","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_32054c36-da34-48e5-853f-9fc2b529b87a.jpg?v=1681437497","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/these-boys-and-their-fathers-don-waters-9781609386795","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}