Queen of the fall : a memoir of girls & goddesses
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Avon Free Library - Adult Nonfiction
974.79 LIV
1 available
974.79 LIV
1 available
Honeoye Public Library - Biographies
B LIVINGSTON
1 available
B LIVINGSTON
1 available
Livonia Public Library - Adult Biographies
BIO LIVINGSTON
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BIO LIVINGSTON
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Avon Free Library - Adult Nonfiction | 974.79 LIV | Available |
Honeoye Public Library - Biographies | B LIVINGSTON | Available |
Livonia Public Library - Adult Biographies | BIO LIVINGSTON | Available |
Marion Public Library - Adult Nonfiction | 305.409 LIV | Available |
Palmyra Community Library - Adult Biography | 92 LIVINGSTON PB | Available |
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Format
Book
Physical Desc
viii, 152 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
UPC
2014041570
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"Whether pulled from the folds of memory, channeled through the icons of Greek mythology and Roman Catholicism, or filtered through the lens of pop culture, Sonja Livingston's Queen of the Fall considers the lives of women. Exploring the legacies of those she has crossed paths with in life and in the larger culture, Livingston weaves together strands of memory with richly imagined vignettes to explore becoming a woman in late 1980s and early 1990s America. Along the way, the award-winning memoirist brings us face-to-face with herself as an inner-city girl--trying to imagine a horizon beyond poverty, fearful of her fertility and the limiting arc of teenage pregnancy. Livingston looks at the lives of those she's known: friends who've gotten themselves into "trouble" and disappeared never to be heard from again, girls who tell their school counselor small lies out of necessity and pain, and a mother whose fruitfulness seems, at times, biblical. Livingston interacts with figures such as Susan B. Anthony, the Virgin Mary, and Ally McBeal to mine the terrain of her own femininity, fertility, and longing. Queen of the Fall is a dazzling meditation on loss, possibility, and, ultimately, what it means to be human"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Livingston, S. (2015). Queen of the fall: a memoir of girls & goddesses . University of Nebraska Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Livingston, Sonja. 2015. Queen of the Fall: A Memoir of Girls & Goddesses. University of Nebraska Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Livingston, Sonja. Queen of the Fall: A Memoir of Girls & Goddesses University of Nebraska Press, 2015.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Livingston, Sonja. Queen of the Fall: A Memoir of Girls & Goddesses University of Nebraska Press, 2015.
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