| When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine Contributor(s): Wood, Monica (Author) |
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ISBN: 0544002326 ISBN-13: 9780544002326 Publisher: Mariner Books OUR PRICE: $17.09 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Religion | Christianity - Catholic - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.3" W x 7.9" (0.45 lbs) 256 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Chronological Period - 20th Century - Event - Summer Vacation Reading |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Winner of the 2012 Sarton Memoir Award "Every few years, a memoir comes along that revitalizes the form...With generous, precise, and unsentimental prose, Monica Wood brilliantly achieves this . . . When We Were the Kennedys is a deeply moving gem "--Andre Dubus III, author of House of Sand and Fog and Townie Mexico, Maine, 1963: The Wood family is much like its close, Catholic, immigrant neighbors, all dependent on the fathers' wages from the Oxford Paper Company. But when Dad suddenly dies on his way to work, Mum and the four deeply connected Wood girls are set adrift. When We Were the Kennedys is the story of how a family, a town, and then a nation mourns and finds the strength to move on. "On her own terms, wry and empathetic, Wood locates the melodies in the aftershock of sudden loss."--Boston Globe " A] marvel of storytelling, layered and rich. It is, by turns, a chronicle of the renowned paper mill that was both pride and poison to several generations of a town; a tribute to the ethnic stew of immigrant families that grew and prospered there; and an account of one family's grief, love, and resilience."--Maine Sunday Telegram |
Contributor Bio(s): Wood, Monica: - MONICA WOOD is the author of When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine and of the novel Any Bitter Thing, a national bestseller and Book Sense Top Ten pick. Her other fiction includes Ernie's Ark and My Only Story, a finalist for the Kate Chopin Award. Her writing has appeared in O, The Oprah Magazine, New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Parade, and many other publications. Wood lives in Portland, Maine. |