No heroes
a memoir of coming home
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Publication
2002 - Simon & Schuster, New York, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
67,000 words, Guess
Page Count
268 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivenoheroesmemoiro000offu
- Internet Archivenoheroesmemoiro100offu
- Internet Archivenoheroesmemoirof00offu
- ISBN-100684865513
- ISBN-139780684865515
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- Goodreads1294470
- LibraryThing245781
- Library of Congress Control Number2002072728
- OCLC Control Number49359154
- Better World Books9780684865515
- Open LibraryOL3569931M
Classifications
- DDC813/.54
- LCCPS3565.F387 Z474 2002
- LCCPS3565.F387Z474 2002
Description
"In his fortieth year, Chris Offutt returns to teach at his alma mater, Morehead State University, the only four-year school in the Kentucky hills. With the humblest of intentions, he expects to give back to his community, hoping to become, quietly, a hero of sorts. Yet present-day reality collides painfully with memory, leaving Offutt in the midst of an adventure he never imagined: searching for a home that no longer exists.". "During that same year, Offutt records the story of his parents-in-law, Arthur and Irene, Holocaust survivors who emigrated to New York from Poland in 1946. Their moving chronicle of exile and war entwines with Offutt's attempt to find a sense of safety and home. But it is Arthur who sagely states that "home is illusory" and there are "no heroes" in life."--BOOK JACKET.
First Sentence
Kentuckians have a long tradition of going west for a new life and winding up homesick instead.
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Genres
- Biography
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- No heroes: a memoir of coming home
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