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The Discomfort Zone: A Personal History
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Harpercollins Pub Ltd
Publication date
October 2, 2006
Pages
256
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780007234240
ISBN-10
0007234244
Dimensions
1 by 6 by 8.75 in.
Weight
0.82 lbs.
Published in
Great Britain
Original list price
$29.95
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Written by the author of 'The Corrections', this is a memoir of his growth from a 'small and fundamentally ridiculous person,' through an adolescence both excruciating and strangely happy, into an adult with embarrassing and unexpected passions. It narrates the formation of a unique mind and heart in the crucible of an everyday American family.
Editions
Hardcover
Large print edition from Thorndike Pr (January 9, 2007)
9780786291960 | details & prices | 317 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 0.75 in. | 1.05 lbs | List price $29.95
About: The author describes growing up in a family of all boys in Webster Groves, Missouri, reflecting on such topics as the dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship, his role as the school prankster, his marriage, and the life lessons he has learned from birds.
About: The author describes growing up in a family of all boys in Webster Groves, Missouri, reflecting on such topics as the dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship, his role as the school prankster, his marriage, and the life lessons he has learned from birds.
The price comparison is for this edition
from Harpercollins Pub Ltd (October 2, 2006)
9780007234240 | details & prices | 256 pages | 6.00 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.82 lbs | List price $29.95
About: Written by the author of 'The Corrections', this is a memoir of his growth from a 'small and fundamentally ridiculous person,' through an adolescence both excruciating and strangely happy, into an adult with embarrassing and unexpected passions.
About: Written by the author of 'The Corrections', this is a memoir of his growth from a 'small and fundamentally ridiculous person,' through an adolescence both excruciating and strangely happy, into an adult with embarrassing and unexpected passions.
from Farrar Straus & Giroux (September 5, 2006)
9780374299194 | details & prices | 195 pages | 5.75 × 8.50 × 0.75 in. | 0.78 lbs | List price $22.00
About: The author describes growing up in a family of all boys in Webster Groves, Missouri, reflecting on such topics as the dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship, his role as the school prankster, his marriage, and the life lessons he has learned from birds.
About: The author describes growing up in a family of all boys in Webster Groves, Missouri, reflecting on such topics as the dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship, his role as the school prankster, his marriage, and the life lessons he has learned from birds.
Paperback
Reprint edition from Picador USA (August 21, 2007)
9780312426408 | details & prices | 208 pages | 5.50 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.45 lbs | List price $14.00
About: An intimate memoir by the award-winning author of The Corrections describes growing up in a family of all boys in Webster Groves, Missouri, reflecting on such topics as the dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship, the influence of Kafka's fiction on his quest to lose his virginity, his role as the school prankster, his marriage, global warming, and the life lessons he has learned from birds.
About: An intimate memoir by the award-winning author of The Corrections describes growing up in a family of all boys in Webster Groves, Missouri, reflecting on such topics as the dynamics of a Christian youth fellowship, the influence of Kafka's fiction on his quest to lose his virginity, his role as the school prankster, his marriage, global warming, and the life lessons he has learned from birds.
Miscellaneous
1 edition from Farrar Straus & Giroux (August 24, 2010)
9780374707620 | details & prices | 208 pages | List price $9.99
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