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In the days of my youth I was told what it means to be a man : a memoir Book
by Junod, Tom.
Book | Doubleday, New York : 2026.
  • 0 of 4 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
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Grimsby 070.92 Jun Non-fiction Copy hold / Volume hold Checked out
Niagara-on-the-Lake 5135 JUNOD Adult New Non-Fiction Copy hold / Volume hold Checked out
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"A searching, luminously-written memoir about a charismatic, philandering father who tried to mold his son in his image, the many secrets he hid, and his son's obsessive quest to uncover them to understand what being a man really means. Big Lou Junod dominated every room he entered. He worshipped the sun and the sea, his own bronzed body, Frank Sinatra, and especially beautiful women. He was a successful traveling handbag salesman but carried himself as a celebrity. He'd return from a buying trip with stories of going to nightclubs where some star-Ava Gardner, maybe Liz Taylor-"couldn't keep her eyes off... your father." He had countless affairs and didn't do much to hide them. Big Lou was a terrible husband to his wife of fifty-nine years, but he loved his youngest son. Tom was a sickly, nervous boy, but Lou sought to turn him into a version of himself. He showered him with advice about how to dress ("The better you look, the more money you make"), how to dominate weaker men, and especially how to attract and bed women. His parting speech when Tom went to college was: "Do yourself a favor and date a Jewish girl. They're all nymphos." When Tom started seeing his future wife Janet, Lou's efforts to entice Tom into his version of manhood accelerated on nights in New York, L.A., Paris: "Chicken tastes pretty good until you've had steak." Tom wrestled with Lou's imposing presence all his life. When one of Lou's mistresses stood up at his funeral and announced "Can we all... just agree... that this... was a man" Tom began a quest to learn the facts of his father's life, and why he was the way he was. The stunning secrets he uncovered-about his father, his father's lovers, and deceptions going back generations-staggered Tom, but in the process allowed him, at long last, to become his own man, by his own lights. In the days of my youth I was told what it means to be a man is an intensely emotional detective story powered by a series of cascading revelations. The book is a triumph of bravura writing; in the end, it is a tale of a son's redemption"-- Provided by publisher.
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  • ISBN: 9780375400391
  • Physical Description: 404 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
  • Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 2026.
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