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Space: A Memoir
Jesse Lee Kercheval
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Description for Space: A Memoir
Paperback. Kercheval recalls her life as a young girl living in Cocoa, Florida, in 1966, watching as her mother slipped into a Valium-induced state of apathy, her father became a workaholic, and her older sister tried to shoulder the burden. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 127 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
Jesse Lee Kercheval opens her story in Cocoa, Florida, in 1966 as a precocious ten-year-old whose family—father, mother, two little girls—is trying to ride the Space Race’s tide of optimism. But even as the rockets keep going up, the Kercheval family slowly spirals down.
Jesse Lee Kercheval opens her story in Cocoa, Florida, in 1966 as a precocious ten-year-old whose family—father, mother, two little girls—is trying to ride the Space Race’s tide of optimism. But even as the rockets keep going up, the Kercheval family slowly spirals down.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Wisconsin, United States
ISBN
9780299300241
SKU
V9780299300241
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About Jesse Lee Kercheval
Jesse Lee Kercheval was born in France and raised in Florida, USA. She is the author of thirteen books of poetry, fiction, and memoir including the novels The Museum of Happiness and My Life as a Silent Movie and the writing text Building Fiction. The Sally Mead Hands Professor of English, she teaches creative writing at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, ... Read more
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