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The Blessing: A Memoir

By Gregory Orr
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By Gregory Orr
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Hailed on its original publication as "eloquent testimony to the engaging power of art in a man's life" (Washington Post), this deeply moving memoir, long out of print, is reissued with an illuminating new afterword.

When acclaimed poet Gregory Orr was twelve years old, he shot and killed his brother in a hunting accident. From the immediate aftermath—a period of shock, sadness, and isolation—it quickly became clear that support and guidance would not be coming from his distant mother. Nor w...

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Literary BiographyAmerican Literary BiographyAmerican Poets - Literary BiographyPoets, American->20th century->BiographyPoets, American->Family relationshipsPublishers Weekly's Best Nonfiction of 2002Best Books of the YearBest Books of the Year 2002Publishers Weekly's Best Books of the Year 2002