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The prodigal daughter : reclaiming an unfinished childhood / Margaret Gibson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gibson, Margaret, 1944-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Women poets, American--Family relationships.
- Women poets, American.
- Adult children of aging parents--Family relationships.
- Adult children of aging parents.
- Sisters--Family relationships.
- Sisters.
- Gibson, Margaret, 1944---Childhood and youth.
- Gibson, Margaret.
- Gibson, Margaret, 1944---Family.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (216 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Columbia : University of Missouri Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "Gibson recounts her childhood in conservative Richmond, Virginia, and her growing estrangement from her sister and parents. Returning home years later to meet the needs of her stroke-crippled sister and her incapacitated parents, Gibson offers a deeply moving recounting of her reconciliation with the family she left behind"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1. Southbound
- 2. Angel in the Window
- 3. Thou Shalt Not Kill
- 4. Christmas Dinner
- 5. Catechism
- 6. Stonewall Court
- 7. Fitting In
- 8. Classes
- 9. The Queen of Hearts
- 10. Faith, Hope, Charity
- 11. The King of Spades
- 12. Acting Lessons
- 13. Epiphany
- 14. Night
- About the Author.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- ISBN:
- 9780826266354
- 0826266355
- OCLC:
- 506068165
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