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.

A propos de l'auteur

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.

Résumé

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.

Texte suppl.

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

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Lauren Hough
• Edition: Coronet
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre Broché
• Sortie: 29.04.2021
• EAN: 9781529382495
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-8249-5
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 232 mm x 26 mm
• Catégories: Littérature > Littérature (récits) > Correspondance, journaux intimes; 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