My Mothers House
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2016
Texas Review Press (Verlag)
978-1-68003-073-0 (ISBN)
Texas Review Press (Verlag)
978-1-68003-073-0 (ISBN)
Set in the bucolic, yet brutal South of his youth, My Mother’sHouse is a memoir by novelist David Armand. It recounts the young author’s early memories of being born to a schizophrenic mother, then given up for adoption, only to be raised in a home with an alcoholic and abusive step-father.
Set in the bucolic, yet brutal South of his youth, My Mother’sHouse is a memoir by novelist David Armand. It recounts theyoung author’s early memories of being born to a schizophrenicmother, then given up for adoption, only to be raised in ahome with an alcoholic and abusive step-father. In this sharply remembered portrait of the people and places that shapedhim, Armand paints his seemingly negative experiences witha sympathetic and understanding brush. As the reader followsArmand through his childhood and later into adult life—whenhe is reunited with his mother after she makes a failed suicideattempt—a surprisingly new world of hope and possibility isrendered, despite the overwhelming challenges of this reunion.
Set in the bucolic, yet brutal South of his youth, My Mother’sHouse is a memoir by novelist David Armand. It recounts theyoung author’s early memories of being born to a schizophrenicmother, then given up for adoption, only to be raised in ahome with an alcoholic and abusive step-father. In this sharply remembered portrait of the people and places that shapedhim, Armand paints his seemingly negative experiences witha sympathetic and understanding brush. As the reader followsArmand through his childhood and later into adult life—whenhe is reunited with his mother after she makes a failed suicideattempt—a surprisingly new world of hope and possibility isrendered, despite the overwhelming challenges of this reunion.
David Armand, who lives in Hammond, Louisiana, teaches at Southeastern Louisiana University, USA where he also serves as associateeditor for Louisiana Literature Press. In 2010, he won the GeorgeGarrett Fiction Prize for his first novel, The Pugilist’s Wife, which was published by Texas Review Press. His second novel, Harlow, was published by Texas Review Press in 2013. David’s third novel, The Gorge, is forthcoming this fall from Southeast Missouri State University Press.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 02.04.2016 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Huntsville |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 139 x 213 mm |
| Gewicht | 200 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Familie / Erziehung | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-68003-073-6 / 1680030736 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-68003-073-0 / 9781680030730 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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