This Boy's Life: A Memoir Tobias Wolff
Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

Toby resents his name because he once met a girl having it. This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff. This Boy's Life: A Memoir by Tobias Wolff – A Book Review. In my earliest memory, I am four and it's bath time. This book proved a superb read. In all seriousness, I cannot recommend this book highly enough. I Hear: Tobias Wolff's memoir This Boy's Life opens with a striking image: a childhood memory of seeing a tractor trailer lose control of its breaks and plummet over the side of a cliff. I see my brother's penis and turn to my mother to ask where mine is. Toby runs away with his mother. She laughs the question off as normal kid stuff. "A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Small in Mooreland, "This Boy's Life," by Tobias Wolff. But I am legitimately confused, and in that bathtub, I realize for the first time that my body and my mind are not aligned. And what a nightmare it is to have a girly name. I grew up in a tiny village in As the hormones took effect, my register dropped and my voice cracked like a pubescent boy's. "The Duke of Deception," by Geoffrey Wolff. If you are looking for a good memoir to read, here are a few of Nancy Pearl's suggestions.