Together, Alone - A Memoir of Marriage and Place

Informationen zum Autor Susan Wittig Albert is the author of popular mysteries, including the acclaimed China Bayles series; books for young adults; and books for women on life-writing and work. A graduate of the University of Illinois (Urbana) and the University of California at Berkeley, she is a former university English professor and administrator. In 1997, she founded the Story Circle Network, a nonprofit organization for women who want to write about their lives. Klappentext In this beautifully written memoir, the author of the popular China Bayles mystery series meditates on what it means to be married-to a person and a place-while also needing to be alone and experience silence and solitude. Zusammenfassung In this beautifully written memoir, the author of the popular China Bayles mystery series meditates on what it means to be married--to a person and a place--while also needing to be alone and experience silence and solitude. Inhaltsverzeichnis Prologue. Documenting a Life Chapter One. Meadow Knoll: Getting Here, Alone Together Chapter Two. Where in the World Chapter Three. Moving Through, Moving On, Moving In Chapter Four. Dwelling, Rooting, Learning Chapter Five. Naming Chapter Six. All Our Food Is Souls Chapter Seven. Gaining, Losing Chapter Eight. Right Livelihood Chapter Nine. Alone, Together, Apart Chapter Ten. Lebh Shomea: Getting Here, Alone Chapter Eleven. Silence Chapter Twelve. Seeing Through Time Chapter Thirteen. Spirits of the Place: El Desierto de los Muertos Chapter Fourteen. Plains Fare Chapter Fifteen. Storms Chapter Sixteen. The Kenedy Women Chapter Seventeen. Belonging to the Community of the Land Chapter Eighteen. In Place and Free Notes

Product details

• Authors: Susan Wittig Albert
• Publisher: University Of Texas Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.09.2009
• EAN: 9780292726468
• ISBN: 978-0-292-72646-8
• No. of pages: 195
• Series: Southwestern Writers Collectio; Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University; Southwestern Writers Collection Series, Wittliff Collections at Texas State University; Southwestern Writers Collectio
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies