First Job: A Memoir of Growing Up at Work
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| Rating | : | 4.98 (656 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1891620738 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 416 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
From the author of the acclaimed coming-of-age story Flight of Passage comes a rollicking memoir of a special time of his-and everyone else's-life. Rinker Buck's First Job is an enchanting and engaging book that not only captures the experience of being a "22year-old with the maxed out brain," but also lyrically evokes a special time and place-the Berkshire mountains of western Massachusetts in the early 1970s. Everyone had a first job, and with rare storytelling power and emotions laid bare, Buck brings back just how it felt.. But on a deeper level, it is a story that serves as a paradigm for everyone's first job, replete with mentors who guided Buck through that raw and anxious time; lovers and friends who exposed him to new levels of intimacy, vulnerability, and self-awareness; and adventures that could only have happened to a young man who didn't know any better. First Job is, on its most basic level, the story of Buck's years as a cub reporter at The Berkshire Eagle, a great country newspaper in its glory years, when it won a Pulitzer Prize and served as the launching pad for many journalists' careers
"A raw and revealing look into talented, life-affirming people not afraid to break the rules." -- Buffalo News, October 13, 2002"A remarkable book. It's a historically useful and wonderfully entertaining take on a small but important chapter in American journalism." -- Berkshire Eagle, October 10, 2002"An uproarious and rollicking memoir." -- Albany Times-Union, November 11, 2002"Buck's most meaningful contribution to memoir writing is his almost exquisite descript
. After graduating from Bowdoin Colleg e in 1973, he began his career in journalism at Th e Berkshire Eagle, and in the years since he has w ritten for numerous publications, including New Yo rk, Life, and Vanity Fair magazines. He lives with his wife and two daughters in northwestern Connec ticut. Rinker Buck is a writer and editor f or The Hartford Courant and is the author of Fligh t of Passage and If We
"Magnificent head-case of a book ,,," according to Lgringo. If you can bring yourself to forgive the “Egregious plethora of F-bombs”, you’ll be grateful that you took the time to read this magnificent head-case of a book. :-). William said Everyone has had one.. This book proves you CAN buy a book based on its title and cover. I saw it first on a remainder shelf in conventional bookstore, and was captivated by both title and cover photo. What sort of young person uses a typewriter and smokes a pipe? A VERY GOOD writer. And EVERYONE (or most everyone) has had a "first job" s/he can relate to -- where we all lea. "First Chapter" according to A Customer. I sat down to read Rinker Buck's new book "First Job" the other night and was so impressed with the writing in the first chapter that I realized unless I had the time to sit down and read the whole book I was doing to be a) very frustrated because I didn't have time to continue read it and 2) very behind in other work because I wouldn't be able to put