Mettlework: A Mining Daughter on Making Home

by Jessica E. Johnson

A memoir of Johnson's unusual upbringing during the 1970s and '80s, interwoven with the story of her transition to parenthood in post-recession Portland, Oregon.

In the weeks after her first child is born, Jessica E. Johnson receives an email from her mother that contains artifacts of the author's early childhood: scans of Polaroids and letters her mother wrote in mountain west mining camps and ghost towns--places without running water,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1946724750
• ISBN13: 9781946724755
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Acre Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.61 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.4"