Survival stories : memoirs of crisis

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Survival stories : memoirs of crisis / edited by Kathryn Rhett.

Rhett, Kathryn, 1962- (Added Author).

Summary:

Survival Stories speaks to the need people have to write and read about life-changing experiences. Twenty-two extraordinary writers reveal the variety and power of crisis memoir. From Lauren Slater's frank confrontation with obsessive-compulsive disorder to Patton Hollow's efforts to understand his father's death, the fundamental human need to come to terms with difficulty and loss is reflected in each piece, with an urgency that demands to be read as much as these stories demanded to be written.

Record details

ISBN: 0385484496
ISBN: 9780385484497
Physical Description: xi, 400 pages ; 22 cm
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, 1997.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:: Introduction / Kathryn Rhett -- Demonology / Rick Moody -- from A Small Place / Jamaica Kincaid -- Vital Signs / Natalie Kusz -- Winter Work: Diary of a Day Laborer / Don J. Snyder -- Black Swans / Lauren Slater -- Heading North / William Van Wert -- Talking Back / Frances Mayes -- from Anna: A Daughter's Life / William Loizeaux -- Healing Powers / Floyd Skloot -- Taking Care / Jane Bernstein -- The Dreaming Back / Maxine Scates -- from A Whole New Life / Reynolds Price -- Here: Grace / Nancy Mairs -- The Disassociation Game / Patton Hollow -- The Second Divorce / Laura Philpot Benedict -- The Vision / Alan Shapiro -- from Darkness Visible / William Styron -- To the Lifeguard / Christopher Davis -- Mirrorings / Lucy Grealy.
Additional Physical Form available Note:: Also issued online.