Mary Dyer
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Dyer Straits: All Those Years Ago in Dorchester, MA
For readers who connected with All Souls and The Glass Castle, Dyer Straits offers a story of family bonds forged through adversity and hardship, with rock and roll as the thread that held eight siblings together.
A compelling coming-of-age memoir about growing up amid domestic violence and poverty in Boston during the city's turbulent ’70s school desegregation busing crisis.
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Editorial Review by Pen Masters Global:
"A clear-eyed memoir of survival in working-class Boston. Readers will find the depiction of Dorchester particularly evocative, though the story's core—of survival through connection—transcends geography."
Editorial Review by Donna Marie West, author of Next in Line and The Mud Man:
"Wherever you grew up, you’re bound to identify, sympathize, laugh, and maybe even shed some tears over Mary's heartfelt memoir."
Editorial Review by Carolyn V. Hamilton, author of HELP! I Married a Comedian:
"A powerful memoir that brings old-school Dorchester, MA, vividly to life. Mary weaves together personal memories, interviews, and archival research to illuminate cycles of alcoholism, violence and poverty, while carefully avoiding blame and easy villains."
