Bibliograph

If this were fiction, a love story in essays, Jill Christman

Type

Label

If this were fiction, a love story in essays, Jill Christman

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

If this were fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1285093141

Responsibility statement

Jill Christman

Series statement

American lives

Sub title

a love story in essays

Summary

"Playing like a lively mixtape in both subject and style, "If This Were Fiction" engages topical issues such as violence against women, trauma, motherhood, and recovery, focusing a feminist lens on Jill Christman's first fifty years and sending out a message of love, power, and hope"--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

The sloth -- Going back to Plum Island -- The surprise baby -- The river cave -- Bird girls -- Life's not a paragraph -- Family portrait : an essay in third person -- The eleven-minute crib nap -- The googly eye -- A stone pear -- Leading the children out of town -- Slaughterhouse Island -- The avocado -- The baby and the alligator -- Aiskhyne -- The lucky ones -- Naked underneath our clothes -- Spinning : against the rules of angels

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