Momma's Lost Piano : A Memoir / David Madden.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Madden, David, 1933- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, American--20th century--Biography.

Authors, American.

Knoxville (Tenn.)--Biography.

Knoxville (Tenn.).

Madden, David, 1933---Childhood and youth.

Madden, David.

Madden, David, 1933---Family.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (232 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Knoxville, Tennessee : The University of Tennessee Press, [2023]

Summary:

"This memoir was composed after the author started having memories of events that occurred in his early lifetime, growing up in a gritty neighborhood in Depression-era Knoxville. The memories centered around his mother, Emily Merritt Madden, and her experiences dealing with poverty, a sometimes well-intentioned but never reliable husband, one son who ends up in prison and her other son, who later grows up to become one of Knoxville's greatest authors. The style of the manuscript mimics the way memories came to the author and, in some respects, the ways we recall the significant and insignificant events of our lives. The memoir is at once an intimate retelling of a fundamental relationship and a vivid evocation of an earlier place and time"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Intro

Half-Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Momma's Lost Piano

Daddy, where he shot himself in Knoxville,Tennessee, 1936.

Mother and Emile.

Jimmy.

Robbie and Jerry.

Iva Lee and Jerry

Dickie.

John.

Jerry and Blake.

Mother Promises to Take Jerryto Cades Cove

Jerry Buys Her a BedsideWater Fountain

Letter to Ginny.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781621907848

1621907848

9781621907831

162190783X