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Author | : Sonja Livingston |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2010-09-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0820337501 |
A memoir of growing up poor and hungry in 1970s western New York: “Like an American version of Angela’s Ashes.”—Kathleen Norris, New York Times-bestselling author of The Cloister Walk When you eat soup every night, thoughts of bread get you through. One of seven children brought up by a single mother, Sonja Livingston was raised in areas of western New York that remain relatively hidden from the rest of America. From an old farming town to an Indian reservation to a dead-end urban neighborhood, Livingston and her siblings follow their nonconformist mother from one ramshackle house to another on the perpetual search for something better. Along the way, the young Sonja observes the harsh realities her family encounters, as well as small moments of transcendent beauty that somehow keep them going. While struggling to make sense of her world, Livingston perceives the stresses and patterns that keep children—girls in particular—trapped in the cycle of poverty. Informed by cultural experiences such as Livington’s love for Wonder Woman and Nancy Drew and her experiences with the Girl Scouts and Roman Catholicism, this lyrical memoir firmly eschews sentimentality, offering instead a meditation on what it means to hunger and showing that poverty can strengthen the spirit just as surely as it can grind it down. “[A]n absolutely astonishing debut…harrowing and hilarious.”—Caroline Leavitt, New York Times-bestselling author of With or Without You “Livingston reveals the daily challenges poverty-stricken young children face.”—Booklist “Weaves together a child’s experience of not belonging, the perilous ease of slipping into failure, and the deep love that can flow from even a highly troubled parent.”—Dinty W. Moore, author of The Accidental Buddhist
Author | : Camilla Grudova |
Publisher | : Tor Nightfire |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 2021-02-16 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 1250807492 |
Author | : Sonja Livingston |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 165 |
Release | : 2015-04 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 080328070X |
Whether pulled from the folds of memory, channeled through the icons of Greek mythology and Roman Catholicism, or filtered through the lens of pop culture, Sonja Livingston’s Queen of the Fall considers the lives of women. Exploring the legacies of those she has crossed paths with in life and in the larger culture, Livingston weaves together strands of memory with richly imagined vignettes to explore becoming a woman in late 1980s and early 1990s America. Along the way, the award-winning memoirist brings us face-to-face with herself as an inner-city girl—trying to imagine a horizon beyond poverty, fearful of her fertility and the limiting arc of teenage pregnancy. Livingston looks at the lives of those she’s known: friends who’ve gotten themselves into “trouble” and disappeared never to be heard from again, girls who tell their school counselor small lies out of necessity and pain, and a mother whose fruitfulness seems, at times, biblical. Livingston interacts with figures such as Susan B. Anthony, the Virgin Mary, and Ally McBeal to mine the terrain of her own femininity, fertility, and longing. Queen of the Fall is a dazzling meditation on loss, possibility, and, ultimately, what it means to be human. Watch a book trailer
Author | : Sonja Livingston |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 217 |
Release | : 2016 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0820349135 |
In this lyrical collection, Sonja Livingston weaves together strands of research and imagination to conjure figures from history, literature, legend, and personal memory. The result is a series of essays that highlight lives as varied, troubled, and spirited as America itself.
Author | : Sonja Livingston |
Publisher | : U of Nebraska Press |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 2019-09 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1496218582 |
With organized religion becoming increasingly divisive and politicized and Americans abandoning their pews in droves, it’s easy to question aspects of traditional spirituality and devotion. In response to this shifting landscape, Sonja Livingston undertakes a variety of expeditions—from a mobile confessional in Cajun Country to a eucharistic procession in Galway, Ireland, to the Death and Marigolds Parade in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and Mass in a county jail on Thanksgiving Day—to better understand devotion in her own life. The Virgin of Prince Street chronicles her quest, offering an intimate and unusually candid view into Livingston’s relationship with the swiftly changing Catholic Church and into her own changing heart. Ultimately, Livingston’s meditations on quirky rituals and fading traditions thoughtfully and dynamically interrogate traditional elements of sacramental devotion, especially as they relate to concepts of religion, relationships, and the sacred.
Author | : Mat Follas |
Publisher | : Ryland Peters & Small |
Total Pages | : 325 |
Release | : 2020-03-10 |
Genre | : Gardening |
ISBN | : 1788792661 |
This collection of wow-factor vegetable dishes can all be enjoyed by flexitarians, vegetarians and non-veggies alike. It's time to turn foods that used to be relegated to side dishes into the stars of the show. In this book, chef Mat Follas uses his culinary skill and understanding of flavour to bring together a selection of wow-factor plant-based recipes to be enjoyed by flexitarians, vegetarians, vegans and non-veggies alike. Organized by produce type, there are delicious ways to enjoy everything from roots, squash and brassicas to shoots, stems and funghi. Choose from Smoked Parsnip, Pear & Stilton Salad, Moroccan Roasted Cauliflower, Kale Gnocchi with Kale Crisps, Goat's Cheese & Marjoram Ravioli Marinara, Rainbow Chard & Comté Quiche, Artichoke Frittata and Champagne Mushrooms. Vegan substitutions are suggested wherever possible and Mat's ingenious recipes for Dairy-free Cheese and Cream and No-egg Mayonnaise make switching out the dairy easy. Mat also shares the secrets of his Chef's Storecupboard — tasty recipes for sauces, relishes, pickles and dressings — designed to give your veggie dishes a flavour boost.
Author | : Julie Paschkis |
Publisher | : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt |
Total Pages | : 37 |
Release | : 2012 |
Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | : 0547807457 |
Ida always has her nose in a book and Alfonso is unable to get her attention until he bakes a very special apple cake for her. Includes cake recipe.
Author | : Sonja Livingston |
Publisher | : University of Georgia Press |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2010-09-01 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0820336874 |
“When you eat soup every night, thoughts of bread get you through.” Ghostbread makes real for us the shifting homes and unending hunger that shape the life of a girl growing up in poverty during the 1970s. One of seven children brought up by a single mother, Sonja Livingston was raised in areas of western New York that remain relatively hidden from the rest of America. From an old farming town to an Indian reservation to a dead-end urban neighborhood, Livingston and her siblings follow their nonconformist mother from one ramshackle house to another on the perpetual search for something better. Along the way, the young Sonja observes the harsh realities her family encounters, as well as small moments of transcendent beauty that somehow keep them going. While struggling to make sense of her world, Livingston perceives the stresses and patterns that keep children—girls in particular—trapped in the cycle of poverty. Larger cultural experiences such as her love for Wonder Woman and Nancy Drew and her experiences with the Girl Scouts and Roman Catholicism inform this lyrical memoir. Livingston firmly eschews sentimentality, offering instead a meditation on what it means to hunger and showing that poverty can strengthen the spirit just as surely as it can grind it down.
Author | : Gretchen McHugh |
Publisher | : Knopf Publishing Group |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1982 |
Genre | : Outdoor cooking |
ISBN | : 9780394707747 |
A cookbook that tells you how to prepare your own delicious fresh foods ahead of time at home and then cook them outdoors over a camp stove or fire. Over 135 recipes.
Author | : Yasmín Ramírez |
Publisher | : Cinco Puntos Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781947627550 |
"A memoir by a Mexican American woman that doubles as a love letter to the tough grandmother who raised her"--