Flyover lives : a memoir
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Published
New York : Viking, 2014.
Format
Book
ISBN
9780670016402, 0670016403
Physical Desc
xviii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Barrington - Biographies & Memoirs (Main Level) | B JOHNSON | On Shelf |
Cranston Central - Adult Non-Fiction | B JOHNSON DIANE | On Shelf |
Middletown - Adult Non-Fiction | 92 JOHNSON | On Shelf |
Warwick Public - Adult Non-Fiction | BIO PS 3560 O3746 Z46 2014 | On Shelf |
Westerly - Non-Fiction (2nd Floor-Reference Room) | B Johnson | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Viking, 2014.
Language
English
ISBN
9780670016402, 0670016403
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Description
"From the New York Times bestselling author of Le Divorce, a dazzling meditation on the mysteries of the "wispy but material" family ghosts who shape us. Growing up in the small river town of Moline, Illinois, Diane Johnson always dreamed of floating down the Mississippi and off to see the world. Years later, at home in France, a French friend teases her: 'Indifference to history--that's why you Americans seem so naive and don't really know where you're from.' The j'accuse stayed with Johnson. Were Americans indifferent to history? Her own family seemed always to have been in the Midwest. Surely they had got there from somewhere? In digging around, she discovers letters and memoirs written by generations of stalwart pioneer ancestors that testify to more complex times than the derisive nickname 'The Flyover' gives the region credit for. With the acuity and sympathy that her novels are known for, she captures the magnetic pull of home against our lust for escape and self-invention. This spellbinding memoir will appeal to fans of Bill Bryson, Patricia Hampl, and Annie Dillard"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Johnson, D. (2014). Flyover lives: a memoir . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Diane, 1934-. 2014. Flyover Lives: A Memoir. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Diane, 1934-. Flyover Lives: A Memoir Viking, 2014.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Johnson, Diane. Flyover Lives: A Memoir Viking, 2014.
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