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Reading, Writing, And Leaving Home: Life On The Page

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Book Title
Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home : Life on the Page
ISBN
9780156030342
Publisher
HarperCollins
Item Length
7.2 in
Publication Year
2006
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Illustrator
Yes
Item Height
0.6 in
Author
Lynn Freed
Genre
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
Topic
Shakespeare, Personal Memoirs, General, Literary, American / General, African
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Width
5 in
Number of Pages
256 Pages

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Product Identifiers

Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0156030349
ISBN-13
9780156030342
eBay Product ID (ePID)
53747859

Product Key Features

Book Title
Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home : Life on the Page
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Shakespeare, Personal Memoirs, General, Literary, American / General, African
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
Author
Lynn Freed
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
16 Oz
Item Length
7.2 in
Item Width
5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2005-002397
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR READING, WRITING, AND LEAVING HOME "Lynn Freed is a beautiful writer, dead-on brilliant, rich in humor, possessing a dark and comforting wisdom."- Anne LaMott "Freed's voice is individual-funny, sharp, trenchant, and with a great intellectual and emotional range. She is especially witty and smart in this form. This is a wonderful collection." - Diane Johnson, PRAISE FOR READING, WRITING, AND LEAVING HOME "To the tiny list of necessary books for people who aspire to the writing life-- Mystery and Manners , by Flannery O'Connor, and One Writer's Beginnings, by Eudora Welty--must now be added Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home ."-- The Washington Post Book World "Something for every writer, published or aspiring, to befriend over a period of years, a generous source of heat, heart, energy and consolation . . . What becomes clear from this powerful little book is that Lynn Freed truly does inspire."-- San Francisco Chronicle, PRAISE FORREADING, WRITING, AND LEAVING HOME "To the tiny list of necessary books for people who aspire to the writing life--Mystery and Manners, by Flannery O'Connor, and One Writer's Beginnings, by Eudora Welty--must now be addedReading, Writing, and Leaving Home."--The Washington Post Book World "Something for every writer, published or aspiring, to befriend over a period of years, a generous source of heat, heart, energy and consolation . . . What becomes clear from this powerful little book is that Lynn Freed truly does inspire."--San Francisco Chronicle, ADVANCE PRAISE FOR READING, WRITING, AND LEAVING HOME "Lynn Freed is a beautiful writer, dead-on brilliant, rich in humor, possessing a dark and comforting wisdom."- Anne LaMott "Freed's voice is individual-funny, sharp, trenchant, and with a great intellectual and emotional range. She is especially witty and smart in this form. This is a wonderful collection." - Diane Johnson --
Dewey Decimal
823/.914 B
Table Of Content
A Child's Reading Honorary Son Sex with the Servants False Starts and Creative Failure Embracing the Alien Home on the Range The Big Snore Doing Time Taming the Gorgon Musgrave House Not Much of a Funeral
Synopsis
At once a memoir of an exotic life, a meditation on the art and craft of writing, and a brilliant examination of the always complex relationship between fiction and life, Lynn Freed's critically acclaimed "Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home" surprises, instructs, and delights. With " dark and comforting wisdom" (Anne Lamott) and " great intellectual and emotional range" (Diane Johnson), Freed tears off all fictional disguises and exposes the human being behind the artist. A must-read for writers, readers, and anyone engaged in literature, "Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home" is destined to be a classic in the field of writing about writing., Equal parts revelation and inspiration, these eleven essays combine a memoir of an exotic life, reflections on the art and craft of writing, and a brilliant examination of the always complex relationship between fiction and life., At once a memoir of an exotic life, a meditation on the art and craft of writing, and a brilliant examination of the always complex relationship between fiction and life, Lynn Freed's critically acclaimed Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home surprises, instructs, and delights. With "dark and comforting wisdom" (Anne Lamott) and "great intellectual and emotional range" (Diane Johnson), Freed tears off all fictional disguises and exposes the human being behind the artist. A must-read for writers, readers, and anyone engaged in literature, Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home is destined to be a classic in the field of writing about writing.

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  • A Brief Description

    Eleven essays in which the author reflects on her life, her literary raft, and the nature of fiction writing and publishing. In "Sex with the Servants" Freed addresses the controversy her book Home Ground caused in her native South Africa for portraying an interracial relationship.