Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing - The New York Times bestseller

Searing and extremely personal essays from the heart of working-class America, shot through with the darkest elements the country can manifest - cults, homelessness, and hunger - while discovering light and humor in unexpected corners.

About the author

LAUREN HOUGH was born in Germany and raised in seven countries and West Texas. She's been an airman in the U.S. Air Force, a green-aproned barista, a bartender, a livery driver, and, for a time, a cable guy. Her work has appeared in Granta, The Wrath-Bearing Tree, The Guardian, and HuffPost. She lives in Austin.

Summary

Searing and extremely personal essays from the heart of working-class America, shot through with the darkest elements the country can manifest - cults, homelessness, and hunger - while discovering light and humor in unexpected corners.

Additional text

Hough's conversational prose reads like the voice of a blues singer, taking breaks between songs to narrate her heartbreak in verse, cajoling her audience to laugh to keep from crying

Product details

• Authors: Lauren Hough
• Publisher: Coronet
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 29.04.2021
• EAN: 9781529382495
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-8249-5
• No. of pages: 320
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 232 mm x 26 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Prose: non-fiction, Memoirs, RELIGION / Cults, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Essays, Christian & quasi-Christian cults & sects, Biography & non-fiction prose, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Christian and quasi-Christian cults and sects