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

byTom Junod

Tom Junod examines what it means to inherit, resist, and finally reconsider the stories men tell about masculinity. Moving through memories of his father, his own life as a son and parent, and decades of magazine journalism, he explores tenderness, violence, ambition, shame, aging, and love. Cultural encounters and intimate family scenes reveal how ideals of manhood are passed down even when no one names them. The memoir is both a personal reckoning and a wider inquiry into how men might honor the past without remaining trapped by it.

Publisher

Doubleday

Publication date

2026-03-10

Format

Hardcover

Pages

416

ISBN

9780375400391