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Apple, Tree

Writers on Their Parents
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Description

In this masterful collection of new essays, the apple looks at the tree. Twenty-five writers deftly explore a trait they've inherited from a parent, reflecting on how it affects the lives they lead today--how it shifts their relationship to that parent (sometimes posthumously) and to their sense of self.

Apple, Tree's all-star lineup of writers brings eloquence, integrity, and humor to topics such as arrogance, obsession, psychics, grudges, table manners, luck, and laundry. Contributors include Laura van den Berg, S. Bear Bergman, John Freeman, Jane Hamilton, Mat Johnson, Daniel Mendelsohn, Kyoko Mori, Ann Patchett, and Sallie Tisdale, among others. Together, their pieces form a prismatic meditation on how we make fresh sense of ourselves and our parents when we see the pieces of them that live on in us.

Product Details

PublisherUniversity of Nebraska Press
Publish DateSeptember 01, 2019
Pages232
LanguageEnglish
TypeBook iconHardback
EAN/UPC9781496212092
Dimensions9.2 X 8.2 X 0.9 inches | 1.1 pounds

Reviews

"Undoubtedly, parents influence us more deeply and irrevocably than any other people in our lives. The apple, after all, doesn't fall very far from the tree. This topic is given its rich and thoughtful due in Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents, an engrossing anthology of 25 delightfully diverse personal essays."--Laurie Hertzel, (Minneapolis) Star Tribune

-- (8/25/2019 12:00:00 AM)
"Apple, Tree is a sweet, smart collection, and--it has to be said--a perfect gift for a parent you love."--Lily Meyer, NPR-- (9/6/2019 12:00:00 AM)
"Apple, Tree provides a thoughtful meditation on individuals' connections to heritage and legacy."--Elisabeth Woronzoff, Pop Matters-- (2/12/2020 12:00:00 AM)
"Apple, Tree is an unflinching exploration of the complicated geography of families. At once heartfelt and searching, these affecting stories remind us that parental likenesses once shunned can surprise, move, and reconnect us in unexpected ways."--Andrea Barnet, author of Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our World-- (2/25/2019 12:00:00 AM)
"Funderburg, who has explored her own parents and background in her memoir "Pig Candy," here gathers pieces from writers about a trait they've inherited from a mother or father. Ann Patchett, Daniel Mendelsohn and Laura van den Berg, among others, meditate on how attributes both physical and spiritual tie us to and distance us from our elders."--Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post-- (8/26/2019 12:00:00 AM)
"Lise Funderburg has collected diverse stories of parenthood and childhood, of love, loss, and remembrance. Apple, Tree is the perfect collection for anyone who has ever considered what legacies parents leave to their children."--Hannah Straton, Hippocampus Magazine-- (12/8/2019 12:00:00 AM)
"These essays, in addition to being resonant in their own right, will also move readers to recollect stories of their own parents."--Publishers Weekly, starred review-- (7/5/2019 12:00:00 AM)

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