Quotes from book
Rock Springs

Rock Springs
Richard Ford

Rock Springs is a collection of short stories by author Richard Ford, published in 1987 and largely dealing with dysfunctional mothers and fathers and their effects on young male narrators.

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“This is how you knew what a fool was—someone who didn't know what mattered to him in the long run”

Richard Ford book Rock Springs

Children, p. 97
Rock Springs (1987)

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