Rain on a Strange Roof : A Southern Literary Memoir
by
Jan Whitt
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0761858296
ISBN-13
9780761858294
Publisher
University Press of America
Imprint
Hamilton Books
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 22nd, 2012
Print length
184 Pages
Weight
435 grams
Dimensions
23.60 x 16.00 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
MemoirsAnthologies (non-poetry)Gender studies: womenSociology: death & dying
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A scholar of Southern literature and culture, Jan Whitt has written a personal narrative about adoption, childhood abuse, and fifty years of searching for her family in rural Appalachia. This book unflinchingly explores death and loss at the same time that it celebrates the transformative power of love and literature.
A scholar of Southern literature and culture, Jan Whitt has written a personal narrative about adoption, childhood abuse, and fifty years of searching for her family in rural Appalachia. A testament to the power of love and the resilience of the human spirit, Rain on a Strange Roof unflinchingly explores death and loss at the same time that it celebrates the transformative power of love and literature. An award-winning professor, Whitt teaches courses in American and British literature, literary journalism, media, and women’s studies.Quoting from films, novels, and short stories about the American South, Whitt weaves a narrative about the necessity for human connection and the desire for home.
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