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Two or Three Things I Know for Sure

by Dorothy Allison

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Publisher Comments:

Bastard Out of Carolina, nominated for the 1992 National Book Award for fiction, introduced Dorothy Allison as one of the most passionate and gifted writers of her generation. Now, in Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, she takes a probing look at her family's history to give us a lyrical, complex memoir that explores how the gossip of one generation can become legends for the next.

Illustrated with photographs from the author's personal collection, Two or Three Things I Know for Sure tells the story of the Gibson women — sisters, cousins, daughters, and aunts — and the men who loved them, often abused them, and, nonetheless, shared their destinies. With luminous clarity, Allison explores how desire surprises and what power feels like to a young girl as she confronts abuse.

As always, Dorothy Allison is provocative, confrontational, and brutally honest. Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, steeped in the hard-won wisdom of experience, expresses the strength of her unique vision with beauty and eloquence.

Synopsis:

The National Book Award finalist for Bastard Out of Carolina illuminates the rural poverty of the South in a story love and loss, beauty and terror, and the intricate web of family love and hatred that spins itself through all our lives. "Elegant and raw, as fine and delicate as a tear, as hard and unyielding as a diamond".--The Boston Globe. Photos.

About the Author

Dorothy Allison is the acclaimed author of the nationally bestselling novel Bastard Out of Carolina, which was a finalist for the 1992 National Book Award. The recipient of numerous awards, she lives in Northern California.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780452273405
Author:
Allison, Dorothy
Publisher:
Plume
Subject:
Literary
Subject:
Biography
Subject:
Lesbians
Subject:
Women authors, American
Subject:
Authors, American
Subject:
Feminists
Subject:
Autcbacgraphy
Subject:
Biography-Literary
Copyright:
Edition Description:
Mass Market
Publication Date:
19960801
Binding:
Paperback
Grade Level:
from 12
Language:
English
Pages:
112
Dimensions:
7.68x4.57x.30 in. .21 lbs.
Age Level:
from 18

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"Synopsis" by , The National Book Award finalist for Bastard Out of Carolina illuminates the rural poverty of the South in a story love and loss, beauty and terror, and the intricate web of family love and hatred that spins itself through all our lives. "Elegant and raw, as fine and delicate as a tear, as hard and unyielding as a diamond".--The Boston Globe. Photos.
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