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1 online resource (viii, 322 pages) : illustration |
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Contents |
Three fathers -- First Thanksgiving -- The Paris tattoo -- My year of no shopping -- The worthless servant -- How to practice -- To the doghouse -- Eudora Welty, an introduction -- Flight plan -- How knitting saved my life. Twice. -- Tavia -- There are no children here -- A paper ticket is good for one year -- The moment nothing changed -- The nightstand -- A talk to the Association of Graduate School Deans in the Humanities -- Cover stories -- Reading Kate DiCamillo -- Sisters -- These precious days -- Two more things I want to say about my father -- What the American Academy of Arts and Letters taught me about death -- Epilogue: a day at the beach. |
Summary |
A literary alchemist, Patchett plumbs the depths of her experiences to create gold: engaging and moving pieces that are both self-portrait and landscape, each vibrant with emotion and rich in insight. Turning her writer's eye on her own experiences, she transforms the private into the universal, providing listeners a way to look at their own worlds anew, and reminds how fleeting and enigmatic life can be. |
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Subject |
Patchett, Ann.
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Patchett, Ann -- Books and reading.
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Patchett, Ann -- Authorship.
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Authors, American -- 20th century.
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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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Women authors, American -- 21st century.
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Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Women authors, American -- Biography.
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Genre |
Essays.
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Electronic books.
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Autobiographies.
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Patchett, Ann.
Three fathers.
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Patchett, Ann.
First Thanksgiving.
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Patchett, Ann.
Paris tattoo.
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Patchett, Ann.
My year of no shopping.
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Patchett, Ann.
Worthless servant.
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Patchett, Ann.
How to practice.
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Patchett, Ann.
To the doghouse.
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Patchett, Ann.
Eudora Welty, an introduction.
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Patchett, Ann.
Flight plan.
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Patchett, Ann.
How knitting saved my life. Twice.
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Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Patchett, Ann. These precious days New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021] 9780063092785 (NjBwBT)bl2021028211 (OCoLC)1262750080 |
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9780063092808 |
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0063092808 |
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