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1 online resource (1 audio file (13hr., 23 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Janet Metzger. |
| Summary |
PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST From acclaimed author Bobbie Ann Mason, her Pulitzer Prize-nominated memoir chronicling three generations of her Kentucky lineage, spanning a century in the life of an American family. People love and remember the novels of Bobbie Ann Mason because they ring so true. This dazzling memoir has the same power. In it, Mason tells the story of her own family-a multilayered saga of three generations, their aspirations, their conflicts, and the ties that bound them to one another. Spanning decades, Clear Springs gracefully weaves together the stories of Mason's grandparents, parents, and her own generation. The narrative moves from the sober industriousness of a Kentucky farm to the hippie lifestyle of the countercultural 1960s, from a New York fan magazine to the shock-therapy ward of a mental institution, from a county poorhouse to the set of a Hollywood movie. In the process of recounting her own odyssey-the story of an isolated girl who dreamed of distant places-Mason depicts the changes that have come to family, to women, and to heartland America in the twentieth century. Ultimately, Clear Springs is a heartfelt portrait of an extended family, and a profound affirmation of the importance of family love. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Mason, Bobbie Ann -- Childhood and youth.
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Mason, Bobbie Ann -- Family.
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Novelists, American -- 20th century -- Family relationships.
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Kentucky -- Social life and customs.
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Farm life -- Kentucky.
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Families -- Kentucky.
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| Added Author |
Metzger, Janet, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9780063013698 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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006301369X (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT12689202 |
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