The Splendid Things We Planned: A Family Portrait Contributor(s): Bailey, Blake (Author) |
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ISBN: 0393350568 ISBN-13: 9780393350562 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company OUR PRICE: $13.56 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2015 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 2013039720 |
Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.6" W x 8.2" (0.50 lbs) 272 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award and finalist for the Pulitzer Prize, Blake Bailey has been hailed as "addictively readable" (New York Times) and praised for his ability to capture lives "compellingly and in harrowing detail" (Time). The Splendid Things We Planned is his darkly funny account of growing up in the shadow of an erratic and increasingly dangerous brother, an exhilarating and sometimes harrowing story that culminates in one unforgettable Christmas. |
Contributor Bio(s): Bailey, Blake: - Blake Bailey is the author of biographies of John Cheever, Richard Yates, and Charles Jackson, and he is at work on the authorized biography of Philip Roth. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship and an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters; the winner of a National Book Critics Circle Award and the Francis Parkman Prize; and a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. He lives in Virginia, where he is the Mina Hohenberg Darden Professor of Creative Writing at Old Dominion University. |