An Archaeology of Yearning

The moving story of a father's bond with his autistic son embodies powerful themes of family relationships and human connections.

List of contents

Part I-The Imaginary Grid
Flesh and Blood
Mysteries
Sleeping with Jacob

Part II-Sites
Croyden Avenue School
Flood Plain
The Wild Days

Part III-Layers
The Meltdown
Goodness
The Tower Story

Part IV-Artifacts
Fallen Fruit
Clutter
An Archaeology of Yearning

About the author

Bruce Mills has published scholarly books and articles on nineteenth-century American writings and co-edited a collection of essays by siblings of those on the autism spectrum. He teaches in the English Department at Kalamazoo College.

Product details

• Authors: Bruce Mills
• Publisher: Etruscan Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 05.11.2013
• EAN: 9780983934691
• ISBN: 978-0-9839346-9-1
• No. of pages: 146
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 226 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 227 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies