The Bookmaker's Daughter: A Memory Unbound - Softcover

Abbott, Shirley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0395629446 ISBN 13: 9780395629444

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade), 1992

Synopsis

A woman's memoir of her Arkansas childhood reflects southern history, sociology, and mythology as it chronicles her volatile relationship with her father, a bookie at an illegal gambling house. Reprint. 12,500 first printing.

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Review

"It is a sure bet that sections will be anthologized as models of good writing. In addition...this book will likely grace reading lists of women's studies classes nationwide. The book deserves every bit of this attention."

"A marvelously readable book." -- C. Vann Woodward, author of The Burden of Southern History "[Abbott's] book sings with fierce love for the flawed patriarch with whom she finally comes to terms." -- Publishers Weekly "A rare thing in American literature. . . . an honest daughter's-eye view of a nurturing father." -- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times "It is a sure bet that sections will be anthologized as models of good writing. In addition...this book will likely grace reading lists of women's studies classes nationwide. The book deserves every bit of this attention." -- Library Journal

A marvelously readable book. C. Vann Woodward, author of The Burden of Southern History [Abbott s] book sings with fierce love for the flawed patriarch with whom she finally comes to terms. Publishers Weekly A rare thing in American literature. . . . an honest daughter s-eye view of a nurturing father. Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times It is a sure bet that sections will be anthologized as models of good writing. In additionthis book will likely grace reading lists of women s studies classes nationwide. The book deserves every bit of this attention. Library Journal"

-A marvelously readable book.- -- C. Vann Woodward, author of The Burden of Southern History -[Abbott's] book sings with fierce love for the flawed patriarch with whom she finally comes to terms.- -- Publishers Weekly -A rare thing in American literature. . . . an honest daughter's-eye view of a nurturing father.- -- Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times -It is a sure bet that sections will be anthologized as models of good writing. In addition...this book will likely grace reading lists of women's studies classes nationwide. The book deserves every bit of this attention.- -- Library Journal

-[Abbott's] book sings with fierce love for the flawed patriarch with whom she finally comes to terms.-

--Publishers Weekly

-A rare thing in American literature. . . . an honest daughter's-eye view of a nurturing father.-

--Christopher Lehmann-Haupt, The New York Times

About the Author

Shirley Abbott lives in Manhattan and works as a freelance writer and editor. She is also the author of Womenfolks: Growing Up Down South and Love's Apprentice: The Romantic Education of a Modern Woman. In 2005 she was awarded the Porter Fund Literary Prize, presented annually to an Arkansas writer who has accomplished a substantial and impressive body of work that merits enhanced recognition.

Edition details

• Publisher: Houghton Mifflin (Trade)
• Publication date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0395629446
• ISBN 13: 9780395629444
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 290