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Confronting loss -- of an elusive fish or something larger -- is at the heart of The One That Got Away, the graceful sequel to Raines's much-loved, bestselling memoir Fly Fishing Through the Midlife Crisis, published to great acclaim in 1993. With the same winning combination of reminiscences, anecdotes, philosophy and fishing lore, his bold new memoir covers the eventful years in this latest passage of his life, and the realization that in relinquishing his former identity as a newspaperman he has actually gotten what he wanted, just in the most unlikely way.
"With extraordinary grace, Raines explores some missteps that have haunted him so long "as to become icons of instruction about the importance of avoiding avoidable mistakes." - Booklist.
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Howell Raines was born and began his career in Alabama. He was the executive editor of The New York Times until he resigned as after the Jayson Blair scandal in 2003.
Raines is the author of numerous books including The One that Got Away, Whiskey Man, and My Soul Is Rested, an oral history of the Civil Rights movement. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for feature writing in 1992, and lives with his wife, Krystyna, in Pennsylvania.
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