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Coming of Age in a Hardscrabble World : A Memoir Anthology.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Atwood, Nancy C.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American literature.
- Working class.
- Working class writings, American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (277 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2019.
- Summary:
- Nonfiction storytelling is at its best in this anthology of excerpts from memoirs by thirty authors—some eminent, some less well known—who grew up tough and talented in working-class America. Their stories, selected from literary memoirs published between 1982 and 2014, cover episodes from childhood to young adulthood within a spectrum of life-changing experiences. Although diverse ethnically, racially, geographically, and in sexual orientation, these writers share a youthful precocity and determination to find opportunity where little appeared to exist.All of these perspectives are explored within the larger context of economic insecurity—a needed perspective in this time of growing inequality. These memoirists grew up in families that led "hardscrabble" lives in which struggle and strenuous effort were the norm. Their stories offer insight on the realities of class in America, as well as inspiration and hope.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8203-5533-X
- OCLC:
- 1117708973
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