| Seeking Rapture: Scenes from a Woman's Life Contributor(s): Harrison, Kathryn (Author) |
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ISBN: 0812972058 ISBN-13: 9780812972054 Publisher: Random House Group OUR PRICE: $13.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: A "NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK In this exquisite book of personal reflections on a woman's life as a child, wife, and mother, Kathryn Harrison, "a writer of extraordinary gifts" (Tobias Wolff), recalls episodes in her life, exploring how the experiences of childhood recur in memory, to be transformed and sometimes healed through the lives we lead as adults. At the heart of Seeking Rapture is the notion that a woman's journey is a continuous process of transformation, an ongoing transcendence and re-creation of self. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Literary Collections | Essays - Biography & Autobiography | Women |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 5.32" W x 8.02" (0.34 lbs) 208 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK In this exquisite book of personal reflections on a woman's life as a child, wife, and mother, Kathryn Harrison, "a writer of extraordinary gifts" (Tobias Wolff), recalls episodes in her life, exploring how the experiences of childhood recur in memory, to be transformed and sometimes healed through the lives we lead as adults. At the heart of Seeking Rapture is the notion that a woman's journey is a continuous process of transformation, an ongoing transcendence and re-creation of self. |