Cures for Hunger

ISBN: 1571313311

Author: Deni Y. Bechard

Condition: New

Growing up in rural British Columbia, Deni Ellis Béchard believes his charismatic father is infallible. Wild, unpredictable, even dangerous, André is worshipped by his young son, who believes that his father can do no wrong.But when Denis mother leaves his father and decamps with her three children to Virginia, the boy learns of his fathers true identity. André Béchard was once a bank robber-and so Denis imagination is set on fire. Boyish rebelliousness gives way to fantasies of a life of crime. At once attracted and repelled, Deni cant escape the sense that his fathers life holds the key to understanding himself, and to making sense of his own passions and longings. Only when he goes off to college, however, does Deni begin to unravel the story of his fathers life, eventually finding the Quebecois family that André left behind long ago.At once a highly unconventional portrait of the artist as a young man and an extraordinary family story, Cures for Hunger is a deeply affecting memoir by one of the most acclaimed young writers in the world today.