1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910820131703321

Autore

Covington Vicki

Titolo

Women in a man's world, crying [[electronic resource] ] : essays / / Vicki Covington

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2002

ISBN

0-8173-8269-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Disciplina

813/.54

813/.54 B

814.54

Soggetti

Man-woman relationships - Southern States

Novelists, American - 20th century

Novelists, American - 20th century - Family relationships

Women - Southern States

Southern States Social life and customs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Prologue; Girls and Women; Neighborhood; Death; The South; Spiritual Matters; Writing; Epilogue

Sommario/riassunto

This thoughtful, engaging collection showcases the best nonfiction prose produced by one of the nation's most observant and incisive writers. This collection of warm, heartfelt essays from award-winning novelist Vicki Covington chronicles the multitude of ""in between"" moments in the writer's life. These are her stolen moments in between the writing of four novels-Gathering Home, Bird of Paradise, Night Ride Home, and The Last Hotel for Women; in between coauthoring the edgy memoir Cleaving: The Story of a Marriage with her husband Dennis Covingto