The Tender Bar

The bestselling memoir that captured the hearts of readers and critics nationwide is now available in paperback

In the tradition of This Boy's Life and The Liar's Club, J.R. Moehringer's The Tender Bar is a raucous, poignant, luminously written memoir about a boy striving to become a man, and his romance with a bar. A national bestseller that was named one of the 100 Most Notable Books of 2005 by the New York Times, The Tender Bar will reach an even larger audience in paperback.

J.R. Moehringer , winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2000, is a staff writer for the Los Angeles Times Sunday Magazine, and a former Nieman Fellow at Harvard University. He lives in Denver, Colorado.

Vanity Fair

In his gimlet-eyed memoir, The Tender Bar, J.R. Moehringer lovingly and affectingly toasts a boyhood spent on a barstool.

With his riveting debut work The Tender Bar, garnering raves for its humor, heart, and humanity, J. R. Moehringer is rapidly establishing himself as a writer with a knack for tackling traditionally masculine subject matter without sacrificing the inherent tenderness and warmth in his tales.