These precious days : essays
(2021)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
814.54/PATCHETT,A

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Details

PUBLISHED
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2021]
EDITION
First edition
DESCRIPTION

322 pages : illustration ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9780063092785, 9780063136847, 0063136848, 0063092786, 0063092786
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

Three fathers -- First Thanksgiving -- The Paris tattoo -- My year of no shopping -- The worthless servant -- How to practice -- To the doghouse -- Eudora Welty, an introduction -- Flight plan -- How knitting saved my life. Twice. -- Tavia -- There are no children here -- A paper ticket is good for one year -- The moment nothing changed -- The nightstand -- A talk to the Association of Graduate School Deans in the Humanities -- Cover stories -- Reading Kate DiCamillo -- Sisters -- These precious days -- Two more things I want to say about my father -- What the American Academy of Arts and Letters taught me about death -- Epilogue: a day at the beach

"The beloved New York Times bestselling author reflects on home, family, friendships and writing in this deeply personal collection of essays"--

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