American Childhood

Electronic resource

English language

Published March 3, 2007 by HarperCollins.

ISBN:
978-0-06-147606-8
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A book that instantly captured the hearts of readers across the country, An American Childhood is Pulitzer Prize-winning author Annie Dillard's poignant, vivid memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh in the 1950s.

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Aaack. I just didn't care for this one. It was a real slog to finish.

The beginning part of the book was excellent with the author stating how, as young children, we slowly slowly wake up to ourselves and our reality. I liked that. I remember that feeling. I also quite liked the vignette about the mysterious lights that would fly through the darkened bedroom, from one wall to the next to the next and having to come to terms with what it was, why it was there, being afraid even though you knew it was nothing really. So kudos to the author for tapping into something most of us experienced as young children and really, it's probably one of the first memories we form because we have to use our rational minds to figure this one out for ourselves.

But the rest? Ugh. Annie Dillard's childhood was nothing like …

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