{"product_id":"american-lives-a-reader-paperback-1","title":"American Lives: A Reader - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAlicia Christensen\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eTobias Wolff\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMemoirs are as varied as human emotion and experience, and those published in the distinguished American Lives Series run the gamut. Excerpted from this series (called \"splendid\" by \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e) and collected here for the first time, these dispatches from American lives take us from China during the Cultural Revolution to the streets of New York in the sixties to a cabin in the backwoods of Idaho. In prose as diverse as the stories they tell, writers such as Floyd Skloot, Ted Kooser, Peggy Shumaker, and Lee Martin, among many others, open windows to their own ordinary and extraordinary experiences. John Skoyles tells how, for his Uncle Fred, a particular \"Hard Luck Suit\" imparted misfortune. Brenda Serotte describes a Turkish grandmother who made her living reading palms, interpreting cups, and prescribing poultices for the community. In \"Son of Mr. Green Jeans,\" Dinty W. Moore views fatherhood through the lens of pop culture. Janet Sternburg's \u003ci\u003ePhantom Limb\u003c\/i\u003e muses on the dilemmas of a child caring for a parent. Whether evoking moments of death or disease, in family or marriage, history, politics, religion, or culture, these glimpses into singular American lives come together in a richly textured, colorful patchwork quilt of American life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlicia Christensen is the Bison Books editor at the University of Nebraska Press. Tobias Wolff is the author of numerous books, including the memoirs \u003ci\u003eThis Boy's Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIn Pharaoh's Army: Memories of the Lost War\u003c\/i\u003e; the novel \u003ci\u003eOld School\u003c\/i\u003e; and, most recently, \u003ci\u003eOur Story Begins: New and Selected Stories\u003c\/i\u003e. Contributors: Laurie Alberts, Marvin V. Arnett, Charles Barber, Mary Felstiner, Eli Hastings, Sonya Huber, Jonathan Johnson, Ted Kooser, Dinah Lenney, Aaron Raz Link, Lee Martin, Dinty W. Moore, Hilda Raz, Mimi Schwartz, Brenda Serotte, Fan Shen, Peggy Shumaker, Natalia Rachel Singer, Floyd Skloot, John Skoyles, and Janet Sternburg.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 326\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.5 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 01, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47193551667449,"sku":"9780803228054","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/B4VmVk-OlX9780803228054_71cce166-c3f8-4943-9b05-4579bf2f6e3b.webp?v=1767906436","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/american-lives-a-reader-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}