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- Condition
- Book Title
- Beautiful Scars : Steeltown Secrets, Mohawk Skywalkers and the Road Home
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Publisher
- Doubleday Canada
- Original Language
- English
- Intended Audience
- Adults
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Genre
- Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Music
- Topic
- Personal Memoirs, General, Native Americans, Adoption & Fostering
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- Canada
- Number of Pages
- 240 Pages
- ISBN
- 9780385685658
- Item Length
- 9.3 in
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 0.8 in
- Item Width
- 6.3 in
- Item Weight
- 15.2 Oz
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"I'm scared and scarred but I've survived" Tom Wilson was raised in the rough-and-tumble world of Hamilton--Steeltown-- in the company of World War II vets, factory workers, fall-guy wrestlers and the deeply guarded secrets kept by his parents, Bunny and George. For decades Tom carved out a life for himself in shadows. He built an international music career and became a father, he battled demons and addiction, and he waited, hoping for the lies to cease and the truth to emerge. It would. And when it did, it would sweep up the St. Lawrence River to the Mohawk reserves of Quebec, on to the heights of the Manhattan skyline. With a rare gift for storytelling and an astonishing story to tell, Tom writes with unflinching honesty and extraordinary compassion about his search for the truth. It's a story about scars, about the ones that hurt us, and the ones that make us who we are. From Beautiful Scars : Even as a kid my existence as the son of Bunny and George Wilson seemed far-fetched to me. When I went over it in my head, none of it added up. The other kids on East 36th Street in Hamilton used to tell me stories of their mothers being pregnant and their newborn siblings coming home from the hospital. Nobody ever talked about Bunny's and my return from the hospital. In my mind my birth was like the nativity, only with gnarly dogs and dirty snow and a chipped picket fence and old blind people with short tempers and dim lights, ashtrays full of Export Plain cigarette butts and bottles of rum. Once, when I was about four, I asked Bunny, "How come I don't look anything like you and George? How come you are old and the other moms are young?" "There are secrets I know about you that I'll take to my grave," she responded. And that pretty well finished that. Bunny built up a wall to protect her secrets, and as a result I built a wall to protect myself.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Doubleday Canada
ISBN-10
0385685653
ISBN-13
9780385685658
eBay Product ID (ePID)
237435455
Product Key Features
Book Title
Beautiful Scars : Steeltown Secrets, Mohawk Skywalkers and the Road Home
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Personal Memoirs, General, Native Americans, Adoption & Fostering
Publication Year
2017
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Family & Relationships, Biography & Autobiography, Music
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.3 in
Item Height
0.8 in
Item Width
6.3 in
Item Weight
15.2 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Hv874.82.W57a3 2017
Reviews
" Beautiful Scars is a frank and fair, raw and loving look at what it means to grow up with the silver spoon as far from your mouth as it can get, a confession that celebrates the miseries and joys of working-class life, of musicianship, of chasing secrets, of fighting through to discover the person you didn't realize you were. This is a remarkable, generous, big-hearted book that will stick with me for a long time." --Guy Vanderhaeghe, author of The Englishman's Boy , The Last Crossing and A Good Man "A dread of unknown origin cloaked and nearly choked Tom Wilson, but his voice continued to soar and what emerges here is an incredible tale of inclusion and devotion and love." --Ron MacLean "Tom writes with charisma, humour and passion. There's a depth to his story--full of a trauma and mystery--that helps explain the arc of Tom's life and career. If you're already a fan, you'll love him even more after reading this." --Max Kerman, The Arkells "Tom Wilson's memoir, like his music, keeps a measure of time that is so beautifully his own. This is a life, a story, born of secrets and lies, of dark humour and love. Its song will stay with you." --Ryan Knighton, author of Cockeyed
Copyright Date
2017
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
2019-403796
Dewey Decimal
362.734092
Dewey Edition
23
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