The tender bar : a memoir / by J.R. Moehringer.

J.R. Moehringer grew up listening for a voice: the sound of his missing father, a disc jockey who disappeared before J.R. spoke his first words. As a boy, he would press his ear to a radio, straining to hear the keys to his own identity. His mother was his world, his anchor, but he needed something...

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Main Author: Moehringer, J. R., 1964-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Hyperion, c2005
Edition:1st ed.
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