The Bookmaker's Daughter: A Memory Unbound

Abbott, Shirley

ISBN 10: 0899195180 / ISBN 13: 9780899195186

Published by Ticknor & Fields, 1991

Seller Inventory # 0899195180-3-15468959

Synopsis:

The author offers a memoir of her Arkansas childhood in the 1940s and 1950s, examining her difficult relationship with her father--a gentleman bandit who passed on to his daughter his love of language and books

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

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Bookmaker's Daughter: A Memory Unbound
Publisher: Ticknor & Fields
Publication Date: 1991
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good