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Author
Publisher
Harper
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
The daughter of literary agent Lynn Nesbit and the late theater drama critic Richard Gilman crafts a beautifully sinuous and intensely literary celebration of the exceptional, unconventional child--her son, Benjamin--and the breakup of her marriage, rejection of an academic career, and move to New York City to work in her mother's literary agency.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xvii, 345 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Told from the perspective of ?Girl,? a candid account of childhood in an unconventional household, which is at times humorous and pithy while cringe-worthy and heartbreaking at others, offers a unique perspective on what it means to be raised by lesbians, challenging readers to reevaluate their own lives and motivations.
Author
Publisher
Ecco
Pub. Date
[2008]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Describes how the author, the daughter of a conservative Irish Catholic family, became unexpectedly pregnant after a one-night stand with a man ten years younger than herself and how she developed a lasting friendship with her baby's father.
Author
Language
English
Description
America has been at war since 2001, and a sizeable percentage of the soldiers deployed have been women. Soldier Girls follows the lives of three of them over twelve years, on their paths to the military, overseas to combat, back home, then overseas again for two of them. We watch as they become friends, interact, and separate. We see the effects on their lives and their families. Deeply reported and powerfully moving, their story is truly groundbreaking....
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