| Name All the Animals: A Memoir Contributor(s): Smith, Alison (Author) |
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ISBN: 0743255232 ISBN-13: 9780743255233 Publisher: Scribner Book Company OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2005 Annotation: In one of the most highly acclaimed debuts of recent years, this chronicle of a family haunted by the memory of a lost child provides insight into the emotional life of the American family, the power of sibling love and loyalty, and the excruciating joy of first forbidden love. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Family & Relationships | Siblings - Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 0.85" H x 6.54" W x 8.36" (0.67 lbs) 352 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Death/Dying - Topical - Family |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 108717 Reading Level: 5.2 Interest Level: Upper Grades Point Value: 15.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The critically acclaimed, heartbreaking memoir that is at once a gorgeous, profound, and redemptive story of a family holding desperately to the memory of a lost child; and a touching, intelligent, and inspiring coming-out story. A luminous, true story, Name All the Animals is an unparalleled account of grief and secret love: the tale of a family clinging to the memory of a lost child, and of a young woman struggling to define herself in the wake of his loss. As children, siblings Alison and Roy Smith were so close that their mother called them by one name, Alroy. But when Alison was fifteen, she woke one day to learn that Roy, eighteen, was dead. Heartbreaking but hopeful, this extraordinary memoir explores the aftermath of Roy's death: his parents' enduring romance, the faith of a deeply religious community, and the excitement and anguish of Alison's first love--a taboo relationship that opens up a world beyond the death of her brother. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smith, Alison: - Alison Smith has been a resident at Yaddo and the MacDowell Colony. Her writing has appeared in McSweeney's and various anthologies. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Please visit www.namealltheanimals.com. |