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Autobiography of Childhood

Sina Queyras

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Description:"Queyras's novel scores the jagged incisions of childhood. How her characters escape or embrace or succumb to the damage, she manages through an exquisite prose that cannot comfort them, nor ease us. Yet we cannot help but be held by the language.-Dionne BrandThe Combals are not unacquainted with death: they have never quite recovered from the loss of one of them in childhood. And now, on Valentine's Day, they are losing another.Guddy races to see her sister, Jerry and Bjarne avoid the phone and its news, Jean finds himself on a beach, Annie fends off her mother's persistent questions about what's happening. And Therese tries to forgive them all before it's too late.As each is forced to face the news of Therese's impending death, their actions weave a nuanced portrait of a family, of the devastating reach of childhood grief.What if thinking is all we have at the end of the day? What if how we react really is all we can control? This transcendent first novel from award-winning poet Sina Queyras tells the story of childhood by illustrating six adult minds grappling with it: noticing, reaching, loving and flailing.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Autobiography of Childhood. To get started finding Autobiography of Childhood, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "Queyras's novel scores the jagged incisions of childhood. How her characters escape or embrace or succumb to the damage, she manages through an exquisite prose that cannot comfort them, nor ease us. Yet we cannot help but be held by the language.-Dionne BrandThe Combals are not unacquainted with death: they have never quite recovered from the loss of one of them in childhood. And now, on Valentine's Day, they are losing another.Guddy races to see her sister, Jerry and Bjarne avoid the phone and its news, Jean finds himself on a beach, Annie fends off her mother's persistent questions about what's happening. And Therese tries to forgive them all before it's too late.As each is forced to face the news of Therese's impending death, their actions weave a nuanced portrait of a family, of the devastating reach of childhood grief.What if thinking is all we have at the end of the day? What if how we react really is all we can control? This transcendent first novel from award-winning poet Sina Queyras tells the story of childhood by illustrating six adult minds grappling with it: noticing, reaching, loving and flailing.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Autobiography of Childhood. To get started finding Autobiography of Childhood, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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