Description
| Author/Contributor(s): | Allison, Dorothy |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books |
| Date: | 8/1/1996 |
| Binding: | Paperback |
| Condition: | NEW |
Bastard Out of Carolina, nominated for the 1992 National BookAward for fiction, introduced Dorothy Allison as one of the mostpassionate and gifted writers of her generation. Now, in
Two orThree Things I Know for Sure, she takes a probing look at herfamily’s history to give us a lyrical, complex memoir that exploreshow the gossip of one generation can become legends for the next.
Illustrated with photographs from the author’s personal collection,
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure tells the story of theGibson women — sisters, cousins, daughters, and aunts — and themen who loved them, often abused them, and, nonetheless, sharedtheir destinies. With luminous clarity, Allison explores how desiresurprises and what power feels like to a young girl as sheconfronts abuse.
As always, Dorothy Allison is provocative, confrontational, andbrutally honest.
Two or Three Things I Know for Sure, steepedin the hard-won wisdom of experience, expresses the strength ofher unique vision with beauty and eloquence.
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