| Tender Contributor(s): Childress, Mark (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345419030 ISBN-13: 9780345419033 Publisher: Random House Publishing Group OUR PRICE: $25.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 1998 Annotation: East Tupelo was a sprinkling of poor houses at the scratched-out back edge of Mississippi--and the birthplace of a boy who would become the greatest rock legend of his time. In Tender, novelist Mark Childress has redefined the American epic. He takes us on a wild ride through the last three decades as his fictional hero, Leroy Kirby, makes his meteoric rise to stardom, from the poverty-stricken child of an overprotective mother and absent father, to an icon who stands for everything American--a role that will ultimately consume him. After reading Tender, you will never think about the South, fame, or rock-and-roll the same way again. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Psychological - Fiction | Biographical - Fiction | Small Town & Rural |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 97093511 |
| Physical Information: 1.44" H x 5.1" W x 8.99" (1.57 lbs) 576 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - South - Geographic Orientation - Mississippi |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: East Tupelo was a sprinkling of poor houses at the scratched-out back edge of Mississippi--and the birthplace of a boy who would become the greatest rock legend of his time. In Tender, novelist Mark Childress has redefined the American epic. He takes us on a wild ride through the last three decades as his fictional hero, Leroy Kirby, makes his meteoric rise to stardom, from the poverty-stricken child of an overprotective mother and absent father, to an icon who stands for everything American--a role that will ultimately consume him. After reading Tender, you will never think about the South, fame, or rock-and-roll the same way again. |