{"product_id":"the-house-of-early-sorrows-a-memoir-in-essays-paperback","title":"The House of Early Sorrows: A Memoir in Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eLouise DeSalvo\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE IASA BOOK AWARD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAMERICAN BOOK AWARD WINNER \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs the child of children of immigrants, Louise DeSalvo was at first reluctant to write about her truths. Her abusive father, her sister's suicide, her illness. In this stunning collection of her captivating and frank essays on her life and her Italian-American culture, Louise DeSalvo centers on her beginnings, reframing and revising her acclaimed memoiristic essays, pieces that were the seeds of longer collections, to reveal her true power as a memoirist: the ability to dig ever deeper for personal and political truths that illuminate what it means to be a woman, a second-generation American, a writer, and a scholar. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach essay is driven by a complex inquiry that examines the personal, familial, social, ethnic, and historical dimensions of identity. Collectively, they constitute a story significantly different from DeSalvo's memoirs when they first published, where the starkness of their meaning became blunted by material surrounding them. DeSalvo has also restored material written and then deleted--experiences she was too reticent to reveal before, in writing about her sister's suicide, her husband's adultery, her own sexual assault. The essays also include new material to shift the ballast of an essay as her life has changed significantly through the years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House of Early Sorrows\u003c\/i\u003e is a courageous exploration not only of the DeSalvo's family life and times, but also of our own.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eLouise DeSalvo started the MFA in Memoir Program at Hunter College where she held the Jenny Hunter Endowed Chair for Literature and Creative Writing until her retirement in 2017. She is the author of several books including \u003ci\u003eVirginia Woolf\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVertigo\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Slow Writing\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 232\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.3 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 03, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757916651808,"sku":"9780823279302","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/f35ee222f69a266cf87604ec1211f176.webp?v=1780114568","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-house-of-early-sorrows-a-memoir-in-essays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}