| The Seasons: Death and Transfiguration Contributor(s): Sinclair, Jo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1558610561 ISBN-13: 9781558610569 Publisher: Feminist Press OUR PRICE: $33.25 Product Type: Library Binding - Other Formats Published: February 1993 Annotation: As a novelist concerned with women's issues, Sinclair has won coveted literary prizes and a devoted following. Now, in her extraordinary memoir, she relates a tale as fascinating and as moving as any work of fiction. At the center of her story is her relationship with Helen Buchman, a middle-class wife and mother with a passion for gardening who became her mentor. Photographs. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Social Science | Women's Studies - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 91027010 |
| Series: Cross-Cultural Memoir |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.7" W x 8.7" (1.17 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: As a novelist concerned with issues of gender, social class, and ethnicity, Jo Sinclair has won coveted literary prizes and a devoted following. Now in this extraordinary memoir, she relates a tale as fascinating and moving as any work of fiction. In this unique instance of Sinclair's storytelling, she tells the story of her Jewish working-class life through the prism of an intense relationship with a middle-class Anglo married women, into whose house she moves so that she might write her books. Helen Buchman gives Sinclair a room of her own and persuades her to eschew alcohol for gardening and to believe in herself. |