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Reading My Father: A Memoir

Alexandra Styron

In "Reading My Father," William Styron's youngest child explores the life of a fascinating and difficult man whose own memoir, "Darkness Visible," so searingly chronicled his battle with major depression.

Memoir & AutobiographyMemoir & Autobiography · medium confidenceMemoir & Autobiography81 signalsLlm Classifier: Memoir & Autobiography -> Memoir & AutobiographyOpen Library: Biography -> BiographyOpen Library: Styron, william, 1925-2006 -> BiographyMemoir & Personal HistoryFamily BiographyFamily, Childhood & Adoption

Award History

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AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Los Angeles Times Book Prize for BiographyMajor2011FinalistSecondary source
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