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Fifteen stories by the acclaimed writer focus on the art and processes of aging and living and dying, the implacable strength of age, the passing of identity, and the importance of witnessing death
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" Exact, unsparing and blessedly free of sweeteners" -- Newsweek
" A quietly moving collection by one of America's most eloquent writers"
-- The Philadelphia Inquirer
" Not only the best book she has ever written, it is one of the best anybody has written on [the] subject."
-- The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Exact, unsparing and blessedly free of sweeteners" -- Newsweek
"A quietly moving collection by one of America's most eloquent writers"
-- The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Not only the best book she has ever written, it is one of the best anybody has written on [the] subject."
-- The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A born storyteller. . . . Exact, unsparing and blessedly free of sweeteners" --Newsweek "A quietly moving collection by one of America's most eloquent writers." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Not only the best book she has ever written, it is one of the best anybody has written on [the] subject." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer
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" A quietly moving collection by one of America's most eloquent writers"
-- The Philadelphia Inquirer
" Not only the best book she has ever written, it is one of the best anybody has written on [the] subject."
-- The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"Exact, unsparing and blessedly free of sweeteners" -- Newsweek
"A quietly moving collection by one of America's most eloquent writers"
-- The Philadelphia Inquirer
"Not only the best book she has ever written, it is one of the best anybody has written on [the] subject."
-- The Cleveland Plain Dealer
"A born storyteller. . . . Exact, unsparing and blessedly free of sweeteners" --Newsweek "A quietly moving collection by one of America's most eloquent writers." --The Philadelphia Inquirer "Not only the best book she has ever written, it is one of the best anybody has written on [the] subject." --The Cleveland Plain Dealer
Mary Frances Kennedy Fisher was one of the great food writers of the twentieth century. Born in 1908 in Albion, Michigan, Fisher grew up in Whittier, California, and was educated at Illinois College, Occidental College, UCLA, and at the University of Dijon in France. She travelled to, and lived in Europe throughout her adult life. The author of numerous books, magazine articles, novels, and a translation of Brillat-Savarin's The Physiology of Taste, Fisher is best remembered for her gastronomical works and the autobiographical nature of her writings about people, places, and food. M F.K. Fisher died in 1992.
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- PublisherABC-CLIO
- Publication date1988
- ISBN 10 1557360405
- ISBN 13 9781557360403
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages302
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