Bobbie Ann Mason

Clear Springs

A Family Story

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People love and remember the novels of Bobbie Ann Mason because they ring so true. This dazzling memoir 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 won 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; from a small rustic schoolhouse to glittering p… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Random House Inc.

ISBN: 978-0-06-095629-5
EAN: 9780060956295
Produktnummer: 9094570
Verlag: Harper Collins (US)
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2020
Seitenangabe: 336 S.
Ausstattung: Trade Paperback

Über den Autor

Bobbie Ann Mason is the author of a number of works of fiction, including The Girl in the Blue Beret, In Country, An Atomic Romance, and Nancy Culpepper. The groundbreaking Shiloh and Other Stories won the PEN Hemingway Award and was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Book Award, and the PEN Faulkner Award. Her memoir, Clear Springs, was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has won two Southern Book Awards and numerous other prizes, including the O. Henry and the Pushcart. Former writer-in-residence at the University of Kentucky, she lives in Kentucky.Jean Strouse won the Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy for her biography Alice James. She lives in New York City.