Turning Toward Home: Reflections on the Family,9781879957091

Turning Toward Home: Reflections on the Family

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Edition: 1st
ISBN13: 9781879957091
ISBN10: 1879957094
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2010-01-01
Publisher(s): Franklin Square Press
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Summary

Introduction by Verlyn Klinkenborg. Reynolds Price, Sallie Tisdale, Richard Ford, Louise Erdrich, David Mamet, Donna Tartt, William Kittredge and others reflect on family life.

Table of Contents

Introductionp. 1
My Mother, In Memoryp. 9
Feeling Somethingp. 39
Bound Upon a Wheel of Firep. 51
Between Father and Daughterp. 61
A Woman's Workp. 65
Who Won the West?p. 81
Under the Influencep. 99
Absencesp. 115
Sleepytownp. 123
Into Woodsp. 137
A Day in the Life of a Porchp. 149
Family Secretsp. 157
Southern Womenp. 169
Notes for a Life Not My Ownp. 179
The Rakep. 185
The Children's Wingp. 193
Picking Plumsp. 203
Batsp. 215
A Mickey Mantle Koanp. 221
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