The Lonely Other: A Woman Watching America

by Diana Hume George

Book Overview

The Lonely Other chronicles the life of a woman constantly facing new amazements. In "Wound Chevy at Wounded Knee" (Best of the Best American Essays 1994]) Diana Hume Georgia recounts how she lived a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252065344
• ISBN13: 9780252065347
• Release Date: June 1996
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

More essays. please!

This collection of essays, inspired by the author's road trips across America, are really a quest for the meaning of her life as a woman, mother, teacher, friend, mate, and writer. Brilliantly written - when was the last time you could describe a book of essays as a page turner?