A Day at the Beach

A Day at the BeachBy: Geoffrey Wolff "A memoir of uncommon grace and self deprecating charm" (Newsday) that recounts the moral (and sometimes immoral) education of a writer, friend, husband, and fatherfrom the acclaimed author of The Duke of Deception. In this essay collection, Geoffrey Wolff shows us his wildly dysfunctional childhood Christmasespresided over by his con man fatherthen shifts to his brash, short lived teaching career in Istanbul. With dazzling literary

By: Geoffrey Wolff     

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"A memoir of uncommon grace and self-deprecating charm" (Newsday) that recounts the moral (and sometimes immoral) education of a writer, friend, husband, and father—from the acclaimed author of The Duke of Deception.

In this essay collection, Geoffrey Wolff shows us his wildly dysfunctional childhood Christmases—presided over by his con-man father—then shifts to his brash, short-lived teaching career in Istanbul. With dazzling literary agility, Wolff guides us through the surprising, invaluable turns that shaped his path: his victory over the chaos of drink, his open-heart surgery, his life-affirming surrender to the slopes of the Matterhorn, and his transcendent love of family. Long considered a classic, now expanded and back in print after two decades, A Day at the Beach shares Wolff's spirited, elegant, and deeply felt observations on an extraordinary life.