{"product_id":"reading-the-waves-a-memoir-hardcover","title":"Reading the Waves: A Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLidia Yuknavitch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe frank and revealing memoir of a writer who draws from her own creativity to heal.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"I believe our bodies are carriers of experience,\" Lidia Yuknavitch writes in her provocative memoir \u003ci\u003eReading the Waves\u003c\/i\u003e. \"I mean to ask if there is a way to read my own past differently, using what I have learned from literature: how stories repeat and reverberate and release us from the tyranny of our mistakes, our traumas, and our confusions.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on her background -- her father's abuse, her complicated dynamic with her disabled mother, the death of her child, her sexual relationships with men and women -- and her creative life as an author and teacher, Yuknavitch has come to understand that by using the power of literature and storytelling to reframe her memories, she can loosen the bonds that have enslaved her emotional growth. Armed with this insight, she allows herself to look with the eye of an artist at the wounds she suffered and come to understand the transformational power this has to restore her soul. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBy turns candid and lyrical, stoic and forgiving, blunt and evocative, \u003ci\u003eReading the Waves \u003c\/i\u003ereframes memory to show how crucial this process can be to gaining a deeper understanding of ourselves.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLidia Yuknavitch\u003c\/b\u003e is the nationally bestselling author of the novels \u003ci\u003eThrust\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Joan\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Small Backs of Chil\u003c\/i\u003e­dren, and \u003ci\u003eDora: A Headcase\u003c\/i\u003e, and of the memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Chronology of Water\u003c\/i\u003e. She is the recipient of two Oregon Book Awards and has been a finalist for the Brooklyn Public Library Literary Prize and the PEN Center USA Award for creative nonfic­tion. She lives in Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.86 x 8.53 x 5.85 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 04, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770319503648,"sku":"9780593713051","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d0a8978055574c09ee7cd7e23de6bf67.webp?v=1780369281","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/reading-the-waves-a-memoir-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}