This Boy's Life: A Memoir is an autobiographical book by Tobias Wolff about his childhood in the American Northwest in the 1950s, published in January 1989 by The Atlantic Monthly Press. The book was adapted into a film of the same name. The memoir is about the first two decades of Wolff's life, much of it taking place in the 1950s, focused on ages eleven through sixteen, when Wolff began private school. Wolff describes his early life in the Northwestern United States, including how his mother's behavior and choice in partners taught him "the virtue of rebellion", and how he adapted "in hiding" to overcome his troubles.
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This Boy's Life: A Memoir was adapted into a 1993 film.
This Boy's Life1993 · film · 115 min · dir. Michael Caton-Jones · IMDb ↗When a son and mother move to Seattle in hopes for a better life, the mother meets a seemingly polite man. Things go south when the man turns out to be abusive, endangering their lives. As the mother struggles to maintain hope in an impossible situation, the son has plans to escape.
