About the book
Wife | Daughter | Self investigates identity and the writing life through the perspective of one of the nation's top memoir teachers and critics.
Curiously, inventively, Beth Kephart reflects on the iterative, composite self in her new memoir--traveling to lakes and rivers, New Mexico and Mexico, the icy waters of Alaska and a hot-air balloon launch in search of understanding. She is accompanied, often, by her Salvadoran-artist husband. She spends time, a lot of time, with her widowed father. As she looks at them she ponders herself and comes to terms with the person she is still becoming. At once sweeping and intimate,Wife | Daughter | Self is a memoir built of interlocking essays by an acclaimed author, teacher, and critic.
Editions of Wife Daughter Self
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- ISBN 9781942436447
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Wife | Daughter | Self investigates identity and the writing life through the perspective of one of the nation's top memoir teachers and critics.
Curiously, inventively, Beth Kephart reflects on the iterative, composite self in her new memoir--traveling to lakes and rivers, New Mexico and Mexico, the icy waters of Alaska and a hot-air balloon launch in search of understanding. She is accompanied, often, by her Salvadoran-artist husband. She spends time, a lot of time, with her widowed father. As she looks at them she ponders herself and comes to terms with the person she is still becoming. At once sweeping and intimate,Wife | Daughter | Self is a memoir built of interlocking essays by an acclaimed author, teacher, and critic.
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What is Wife Daughter Self about?
Wife | Daughter | Self investigates identity and the writing life through the perspective of one of the nation's top memoir teachers and critics.
Curiously, inventively, Beth Kephart reflects on the iterative, composite self in her new memoir--traveling to lakes and rivers, New Mexico and Mexico, the icy waters of Alaska and a hot-air balloon launch in search of understanding. She is accompanied, often, by her Salvadoran-artist husband. She spends time, a lot of time, with her widowed father. As she looks at them she ponders herself and comes to terms with the person she is still becoming. At once sweeping and intimate,Wife | Daughter | Self is a memoir built of interlocking essays by an acclaimed author, teacher, and critic.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Wife Daughter Self?
Biography, Literature and Literary studies > Biography and non-fiction prose > Essays
Where can I read a sample of Wife Daughter Self?
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Who is/are the Author/s of the book Wife Daughter Self?
Beth Kephart
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Wife Daughter Self is available as paperback(ISBN 9781942436447)
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