Life Metaphors: Stories of Ordinary Survival

by Catherine Sullivan Norton

How do people survive each day? What keeps them going? Is there a guiding sense of purpose? How do they use the power of language to cope with ordinary life?

Inspired by the works of Studs Terkel and others, Catherine Sullivan Norton conducted a series of interviews with persons who represent a sample of the population effectively coping with life. Over a period of seven months she interviewed forty-six people in a small Midwest town. The...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0809314274
• ISBN13: 9780809314270
• Release Date: March 1989
• Publisher: Southern Illinois University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.5"