THE HOUSE THAT MADE ME: WRITERS REFLECT ON THE PLACES AND PEOPLE THAT DEFINED THEM

Book ID/图书代码： 13566016B93720

English Summary/英文概要： Home―the place where we were born, where we learned our first lessons, where family was defined. The very notion evokes powerful feelings, feelings as individual as our fingerprints, as enduring as the universe and as inescapable as gravity. In this candid, evocative collection of essays, a diverse group of acclaimed authors reflects on the diverse homes, neighborhoods, and experiences that helped shape them―using Google Earth software to revisit the location in the process. Moving and life- affirming, this poignant anthology gives fresh insight into the concept of Home. Essays include submissions by several award- winning authors, including Alice Eve Cohen, Antonya Nelson, Tim Johnston, Jeffrey Renard Allen, Lee Upton, and more.

“The essays strike a variety of tones, including curiosity, ambivalence, thoughtfulness, and earnestness. Some writers emphasize the conceit of looking at their old homes from the vantage point of a satellite. Ru Freeman and Jen Michalski, in their pieces, discuss what can be seen and what is missing in the pictures, as well as what is impossible to capture. Jeffery Renard Allen and Pamela Erens return to Chicago’s North Side and South Side, respectively, to capture different aspects of the city. Other writers take readers to California, Canada, New York, and Sri Lanka. Some reexamine their families, while others consider the fragility of memory. All of the essays show, in their own ways, how homes make us and how we attempt to make homes for ourselves, at least in memory. Some readers may well be inspired to take similar journeys into the past.” ―Publishers Weekly

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Awards/获奖情况：“Slim and succinct, this exquisite compilation shows how the universal nature of childhood experiences trump both cultural and geographical differences.” — Library Journal, starred review

Featured as an Elle magazine’s “Trust Us” book, May 2016

About the Author/作者介绍： Grant Jarrett lives in New York City, where he earns his living as a writer, ghostwriter, editor, and musician. His work has appeared in the San Francisco Book Review, Eclectica Magazine, and numerous other publications. His first novel, Ways of Leaving, won the “Best New Fiction” category in the 2014 International Book Awards.

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