Into That Good Night
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.59 (575 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1881515311 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-06-21 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
A deep-rooted fixture in the community, he guided his schools through disastrous fires and the strained process of integration in President Lyndon Johnson's home state. Seemingly powerless to do anything but witness the slow loss of his father's past, Ron Rozelle re-creates and reclaims his own past: the dusty streets, tired old houses, and wallpapered rooms of his childhood. Poignant and impressionistic, Into That Good Night is a heartbreakingly lyrical memoir whose fine cadences and shining
M. Newman said Beautifully written book. This is one of the best books I have ever read! I devoured it in a day. Beautifully written.. heather mcgee said Into That Good Night. A memoir called Into That Good Night by Ron Rozelle,is the story told from Ron's point of view when he wasgrowing up in Oakwood and even in his present daylife. It talks about segregation in schools and insome stores throughout the town where he grew up. Thisbook shows the change Ron goes through with his familywhen his mother becomes sick with lung cancer. Ronlearns to appreciate his family much more as he gotolder and started to realize he won't have parentsforever. He ultimately realizes this when his fatherlooses his battle wi. A memoir about memory. Ed Brickell As a former student of Ron Rozelle's, I am both excited and proud to finally find a book listed under his name. He has managed to evoke East Texas with a clarity and simplicity that reminds me of one of his (and my) favorite authors, Ernest Hemingway. Yet Ron's voice is uniquely his own.Throughout this brief, quietly courageous memoir which focuses on the beauty and fragility of memory, Ron reveals much about himself and his family -- both humorous and painful. By doing so, he has revealed much about our struggles with age and the
While Rozelle offers many details of life in a small Southern town, this is not an exercise in nostalgia. . Other sections from the early 1990s compare Rozelle's still-new experiences of paternity with his evolving relationship with his own father. That same quiet strength helped Rozelle deal with the death of his mother, who committed suicide after she was unsuccessfully treated for cancer. When Rozelle, a high school English teacher, was growing up in Oakwood in the 1950s and '60s, Lester was the school superintendent of the "white" school, where he formerly taught, as well as of the town's "black" school. His recollection of his childhood in a small east Texas town also reconstructs his father, Lester, a once vigorous, strong-willed man whose own memory was decimated by Alzheimer's. From Publishers Weekly Rozelle splices together two eras in a potentially tricky structur