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- Publisher: Harpercollins
- ISBN: 0060956291
- WAPI (Tower ID): 101717206
- Release Date: May 1, 2000
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- Tower.com Sales Rank: #525936 in Books (See Top 100 Books Bestsellers)
- #18635 in Biography & Autobiography (See Top 100 Biography & Autobiography Bestsellers)
- #1073 in Literary (See Top 100 Literary Bestsellers)
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Product DescriptionRun a Quick Search on "Clear Springs" by Bobbie Ann Mason to Browse Related Products:Browse more products related to "Clear Springs"Browse more products related to "Bobbie Ann Mason"Review"An appreciative but often bittersweet meditation on southern family and cultural change....[A] sharp, perceptive family memoir." "Because Bobbie Ann Mason's language is spare and her eye unsparing, she's able to handle matters that ordinarily invite sentimentality or romanticism." Publisher's notePeople love and remember the novels of Bobbie Ann Mason because they ring so true. This dazzling memoir saga of three generations, their aspirations, their conflicts, and the ties that bound them to one another. Spanning decades, Clear Springs gracefully weaves together the stories of Mason's grandparents, parents, and her won generation. The narrative moves from the sober industriousness of a Kentucky farm to the hippie lifestyle of the countercultural 1960s; from a New York fan magazine to the shock-therapy ward of a mental institution; from a county poorhouse to the set of a Hollywood movie; from a small rustic schoolhouse to glittering pop music concerts. In the process of recounting her own odyssey--the story of a misfit girl who dreamed of distant places--Mason depicts the changes that have come to family, to women, and to heartland America in the twentieth century. Ultimately, Clear Springs is a heartfelt portrait of an extended family, and a profound affirmation of the importance of family love. AnnotationMason's gentle memoir of the town where she grew up--Clear Springs, Kentucky. The town had a profound effect not only on her work, which is often set in similar place, but on her life: First she repudiated it and the narrow-minded culture it represented, and then she learned to accept and finally to appreciate the richness of her background. A New York Times Notable Book in 1999. If You Enjoy "Clear Springs (Paperback)", May We Also Recommend:Customer Reviews for "Clear Springs (Paperback)" by Bobbie Ann Mason (Author)There are no customer reviews yet. Be the first to write a review! Literary Bestsellers
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