In the Days of My Youth I Was Told What It Means to Be a Man: A Memoir

By Tom Junod

Categories: Biographies & Memoirs

Tom Junod grew up on Long Island in the shadow of his father, Lou, a traveling handbag salesman who worshipped the sun, Frank Sinatra and beautiful women, and tried to remake his nervous son in his own image. When one of Lou's mistresses spoke at his funeral, Junod began investigating the facts of his father's life. His reporting uncovered secrets about Lou, his lovers and deceptions reaching back generations.

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