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A powerful memoir "about a difficult childhood . . . tough stuff, honest and real"--The Oregonian

Peter Hoffmeister was a nervous child who ran away repeatedly and bit his fingernails until they bled. Home-schooled until the age of fourteen, he had only to deal with his parents and siblings on a daily basis, yet even that sometimes proved too much for him.

Over the years, he watched his mother disintegrate into her own form of mania, while his father--a scholar and doctor who had once played semi-pro baseball--was strict and pushed Peter particularly hard. He wanted only the best from his son, but in the process taught Peter to expect only the worst from himself. In the midst of his chaotic home life, Peter began to hear a voice--an insistent, monotone that would periodically dictate his actions. When Peter finally entered public school he started to break free from his father's control--only to fall sway to the voice more and more. His obsessive-compulsive behavior morphed into ruthless competition in sports and, ultimately, into lies, violence, and drugs.

The End of Boys follows Hoffmeister to the very brink of sanity and back, in a harrowing and heartbreaking account of the trauma of adolescence and the redemption available to us all, if only we choose to find it.

"Peter Brown Hoffmeister calls every sense into play, providing rich imagery, grounded reflection, and the tension inherent in a coming-of-age tale in which drugs, violence, and a genetic tendency toward OCD conspire." --Los Angeles Review

"The End of Boys takes no prisoners with its gritty, entrancing realism . . . a chilling and captivating read . . . a voice that is refreshingly new." --Eugene Weekly
About the Author: Peter Brown Hoffmeister is a writer, teacher, and rock climber. He lives in Eugene, Oregon with his wife and two daughters. This is his first book.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781593764203
  • Publisher: Soft Skull Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Soft Skull Press
  • Depth: 19
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 15 mm
  • Width: 141 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1593764200
  • Publisher Date: 24 May 2011
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 206 mm
  • No of Pages: 215
  • Series Title: English
  • Weight: 272 gr


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