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Nobody Rich or Famous: A Family Memoir
Richard Shelton
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Description for Nobody Rich or Famous: A Family Memoir
paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWD; 3JJ; BM; HBTB; VFV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Once in a while, a book comes along that redefines the concept of family. Frank McCourt did it with Angela’s Ashes ; Annie Dillard did it with An American Childhood . In Nobody Rich or Famous , author Richard Shelton (b. 1933) immerses us in the hardscrabble lives of his Boise, Idaho, clan during the 1930s and ’40s. Using a framework of journals, road trips, and artful storytelling, Shelton traces three generations of women. We meet his mother, Hazel, a model of western respectability, who carefully dresses in her finest clothes before walking into a bar and emptying a loaded ... Read more
Once in a while, a book comes along that redefines the concept of family. Frank McCourt did it with Angela’s Ashes ; Annie Dillard did it with An American Childhood . In Nobody Rich or Famous , author Richard Shelton (b. 1933) immerses us in the hardscrabble lives of his Boise, Idaho, clan during the 1930s and ’40s. Using a framework of journals, road trips, and artful storytelling, Shelton traces three generations of women. We meet his mother, Hazel, a model of western respectability, who carefully dresses in her finest clothes before walking into a bar and emptying a loaded ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Arizona Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Tucson, United States
ISBN
9780816533992
SKU
V9780816533992
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About Richard Shelton
Richard Shelton is a poet, author, and Regents Professor emeritus at the University of Arizona. He is the author of eleven books of poetry and the award-winning memoirs Going Back to Bisbee and Crossing the Yard.
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