We Were BrothersWe Were Brothers
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Book, 2015
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"Preeminent illustrator Barry Moser renders the memories of his youth--in luminous drawings and candid prose--on his quest to understand how he and his identically raised brother could have become such very different men. Barry and Tommy Moser were born of the same parents, were raised in the same small Tennessee community where they slept in the same bedroom and were poisoned by their family's deep racism and anti-Semitism. But as they grew older, their perspectives and their paths grew further and further apart. From attitudes about race, to food, politics, and money, the brothers began to think so differently that they could no longer find common ground, no longer knew how to talk to each other, and for years there was more strife between them than affection. When Barry was in his late fifties and Tommy in his early sixties, their fragile brotherhood reached a tipping point and blew apart. From that day forward they did not speak. But fortunately, their story does not end there. With the raw emotions that so often surface when we talk of our siblings, Barry recalls why and how they were finally able to traverse that great divide and reconcile their kinship before it was too late. Featuring Moser's stunning drawings, especially commissioned for the book, this powerful true story captures the essence of sibling relationships--all their complexities, contradictions, and mixed blessings"--Provided by publisher.
Brothers Barry and Tommy Moser were born of the same parents in Chattanooga, Tennessee, slept in the same bedroom, went to the same school, and were both poisoned by their family’s deep racism and anti-Semitism. But as they grew older, their perspectives and their paths grew further and further apart. Barry left Chattanooga for New England and a life in the arts; Tommy stayed put and became a mortgage banker. From attitudes about race, to food, politics, and money, the brothers began to think so differently that they could no longer find common ground. For nearly forty years, there was more strife between them than affection.
After one particularly fractious conversation when Barry was in his late fifties and Tommy was in his early sixties, their fragile relationship fell apart. With the raw emotions that so often surface when we talk of our siblings, Barry recalls how they were finally able to traverse that great divide and reconcile their troubled brotherhood before it was too late.
We Were Brothers, written and illustrated by preeminent artist Barry Moser, is a powerful story of reunion told with candor and regret that captures the essence of sibling relationships, with all their complexities, contradictions, and mixed blessings.
Brothers Barry and Tommy Moser were born of the same parents in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and were both poisoned by their Southern family’s deep racism and anti-Semitism during their childhood. Yet their differences tore them apart, leading eventually to estrangement. This powerful story of reconciliation and reunion, by illustrator Barry Moser, captures the essence of sibling relationships, with all their complexities, contradictions, and mixed blessings.
Illustrated with 15 stunning drawings by the author, a preeminent illustrator, a powerful true story of sibling relations and their complexities, contradictions and mixed blessings follows the author and his brother and the years that they grew apart, revealing how they were finally able to reconcile their kinship before it was too late. 15,000 first printing.
The author recalls his youth with his brother, considering in prose and illustrations how he and his brother came to be such very different people, and eventually became completely alienated from one another, before finally reconciling in spite of their differences.
Brothers Barry and Tommy Moser were born of the same parents in Chattanooga, Tennessee, slept in the same bedroom, went to the same school, and were both poisoned by their family’s deep racism and anti-Semitism. But as they grew older, their perspectives and their paths grew further and further apart. Barry left Chattanooga for New England and a life in the arts; Tommy stayed put and became a mortgage banker. From attitudes about race, to food, politics, and money, the brothers began to think so differently that they could no longer find common ground. For nearly forty years, there was more strife between them than affection.
After one particularly fractious conversation when Barry was in his late fifties and Tommy was in his early sixties, their fragile relationship fell apart. With the raw emotions that so often surface when we talk of our siblings, Barry recalls how they were finally able to traverse that great divide and reconcile their troubled brotherhood before it was too late.
We Were Brothers, written and illustrated by preeminent artist Barry Moser, is a powerful story of reunion told with candor and regret that captures the essence of sibling relationships, with all their complexities, contradictions, and mixed blessings.
Brothers Barry and Tommy Moser were born of the same parents in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and were both poisoned by their Southern family’s deep racism and anti-Semitism during their childhood. Yet their differences tore them apart, leading eventually to estrangement. This powerful story of reconciliation and reunion, by illustrator Barry Moser, captures the essence of sibling relationships, with all their complexities, contradictions, and mixed blessings.
Illustrated with 15 stunning drawings by the author, a preeminent illustrator, a powerful true story of sibling relations and their complexities, contradictions and mixed blessings follows the author and his brother and the years that they grew apart, revealing how they were finally able to reconcile their kinship before it was too late. 15,000 first printing.
The author recalls his youth with his brother, considering in prose and illustrations how he and his brother came to be such very different people, and eventually became completely alienated from one another, before finally reconciling in spite of their differences.
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- Chapel Hill, North Carolina : Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill, 2015.
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