CLEAR SPRINGS: A Family Story - Brossura

Mason, Bobbie Ann

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ISBN 10: 0060956291 ISBN 13: 9780060956295

Casa editrice: Perennial, 2000

Riassunto

The author of In Country chronicles three generations of women in her family who lived near Clear Springs, Kentucky, and her own journey as a woman who grew up ensconced in the country culture, struggled with social changes in the 1960s, and then later rediscovered her rural heritage. Reprint.

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L'autore:

Bobbie Ann Mason has won the PEN/Hemingway Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Book Award, and the PEN/Faulkner Award. Her books include In Country and Feather Crowns. She lives in her native Kentucky.

Product Description:

People love and remember the novels of Bobbie Ann Mason because they ring so true. This dazzling memoir saga of three generations, their aspirations, their conflicts, and the ties that bound them to one another. Spanning decades, Clear Springs gracefully weaves together the stories of Mason's grandparents, parents, and her won generation. The narrative moves from the sober industriousness of a Kentucky farm to the hippie lifestyle of the countercultural 1960s; from a New York fan magazine to the shock-therapy ward of a mental institution; from a county poorhouse to the set of a Hollywood movie; from a small rustic schoolhouse to glittering pop music concerts. In the process of recounting her own odyssey--the story of a misfit girl who dreamed of distant places--Mason depicts the changes that have come to family, to women, and to heartland America in the twentieth century. Ultimately, Clear Springs is a heartfelt portrait of an extended family, and a profound affirmation of the importance of family love.

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• Editore: Perennial
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0060956291
• ISBN 13: 9780060956295
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336