Elsewhere: A Memoir by Richard Russo [rare books]

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Elsewhere is a deeply moving and unvarnished memoir chronicling Pulitzer Prize–winner Richard Russo’s lifelong relationship with his mother, Jean, against the backdrop of their declining hometown, Gloversville, New York. From his childhood in a mill town that once produced the majority of America’s dress gloves, through his mother’s obsessive drive to escape that environment, Russo recounts decades of physical moves, emotional conflict, and caretaking burdens. He recalls a particularly memorable road trip to the University of Arizona in a ramshackle "Gray Death" Ford—which his mother joined not just as a passenger, but as a fellow escapee from their fading world. The memoir reveals Jean’s likely obsessive-compulsive disorder, the pressures it placed on Russo’s personal and family life, and the complex bond of duty, love, and resentment that defined them. Honest, poignant, and at times bleak, Elsewhere is praised as "one of the most honest, moving American memoirs in years," and demonstrates Russo’s willingness to resist easy redemption in favor of emotional truth.

About the Author –

Richard Russo (born July 15, 1949, in Johnstown, New York) is an acclaimed American novelist, short‑story writer, screenwriter, and professor. His fiction, often set in working-class small towns inspired by Gloversville and Western New York, earned him the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls. Several of his novels—including Nobody’s Fool and Empire Falls—have been adapted into award-winning films and television series. Elsewhere is his first memoir, a courageous portrait of his mother and their shared past. Known for his plainspoken prose, emotional honesty, and wry humor, Russo mines hardship for grace and clarity—making ordinary lives feel both universal and deeply personal. He continues writing from Portland, Maine, with a voice shaped by years of fiction grounded in real place, family, and memory.

Together, Elsewhere and Russo’s broader body of work reflect his commitment to examining the entangling of place, family, and identity—with a willingness to reckon honestly with love’s complexities and the legacies that shape us.

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