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White Field, Black Sheep
Daiva Markelis
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Description for White Field, Black Sheep
Hardcover. A memoir about growing up as a daughter of Lithuanian immigrants. It revisits the troubles that surfaced in the wake of her cultural assimilation: the constricting expectations of her family and community, her problems with alcoholism and depression, and her sometimes contentious but always loving relationship with her mother. Num Pages: 200 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 381.
Her parents never really explained what a D.P. was. Years later Daiva Markelis learned that 'displaced person' was the designation bestowed upon European refugees like her mom and dad who fled communist Lithuania after the war. Growing up in the Chicago suburb of Cicero, though, Markelis had only heard the name T.P., since her folks pronounced the D as a T: 'In first grade we had learned about the Plains Indians, who had lived in tent-like dwellings made of wood and buffalo skin called teepees. In my childish confusion, I thought that perhaps my parents weren't Lithuanian at all, but ... Read more
Her parents never really explained what a D.P. was. Years later Daiva Markelis learned that 'displaced person' was the designation bestowed upon European refugees like her mom and dad who fled communist Lithuania after the war. Growing up in the Chicago suburb of Cicero, though, Markelis had only heard the name T.P., since her folks pronounced the D as a T: 'In first grade we had learned about the Plains Indians, who had lived in tent-like dwellings made of wood and buffalo skin called teepees. In my childish confusion, I thought that perhaps my parents weren't Lithuanian at all, but ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9780226505305
SKU
V9780226505305
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Ref
99-15
About Daiva Markelis
Daiva Markelis is associate professor of English at Eastern Illinois University. Her writings have appeared in the Chicago Tribune Magazine, Chicago Reader, and American Literary Review, among other publications.
Reviews for White Field, Black Sheep
"Written in a fresh voice, accessible, even humorous, White Field, Black Sheep is utterly charming." - Achy Obejas"