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A review by jonscott9
The Tender Bar by J.R. Moehringer
5.0
Beautiful memoir of growing up and into and out of a city. And a bar, always that bar. No surprise that I would relish TTB, as Moehringer would go on to ghost-write Andre Agassi's own autobiography. My eyes inhaled that read, and not just because a lot of it was about tennis.
Love this wit and wisdom from "Father Amtrak" in TTB's Chapter 24:
"Can I tell you something?" the priest asked. "Do you know why God invented writers? Because He loves a good story. And he doesn't give a damn about words. Words are the curtain we've hung between Him and our true selves. Try not to think about the words. Don't strain for the perfect sentence. There's no such thing. Writing is guesswork. Every sentence is an educated guess, the reader's as much as yours. Think about that the next time you curl a piece of paper into your typewriter."
Love this wit and wisdom from "Father Amtrak" in TTB's Chapter 24:
"Can I tell you something?" the priest asked. "Do you know why God invented writers? Because He loves a good story. And he doesn't give a damn about words. Words are the curtain we've hung between Him and our true selves. Try not to think about the words. Don't strain for the perfect sentence. There's no such thing. Writing is guesswork. Every sentence is an educated guess, the reader's as much as yours. Think about that the next time you curl a piece of paper into your typewriter."