Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents

by Various

Book Overview

It happens to us all: we think we've settled into an identity, a self, and then out of nowhere and with great force, the traces of our parents appear to us, in us--in mirrors, in gestures, in reaction and reactivity, at weddings and funerals, and in troubled thoughts that crouch in dark corners of our minds.

In this masterful collection of new essays, the apple looks at the tree. Twenty-five writers deftly explore a trait they've inherited...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1496212096
• ISBN13: 9781496212092
• Release Date: September 2019
• Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
• Length: 232 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 8.2" x 9.2"