{"product_id":"this-is-the-place-women-writing-about-home-paperback","title":"This Is the Place: Women Writing about Home - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMargot Kahn\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor), \u003cb\u003eKelly McMasters\u003c\/b\u003e (Editor)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA thought-provoking collection of personal essays about home\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e What makes a home? What do equality, safety, and politics have to do with it? And why is it so important to us to feel like we belong? In this collection, 30 women writers explore the theme in personal essays about neighbors, marriage, kids, sentimental objects, homelessness, domestic violence, solitude, immigration, gentrification, geography, and more. Contributors -- including Amanda Petrusich, Naomi Jackson, Jane Wong, and Jennifer Finney Boylan -- lend a diverse range of voices to this subject that remains at the core of our national conversations. Engaging, insightful, and full of hope, \u003ci\u003eThis is the Place\u003c\/i\u003e will make you laugh, cry, and think hard about home, wherever you may find it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e This collection, encompassing a spectrum of races, ethnicities, religions, sexualities, political beliefs and classes, could not be timelier . . . open this book, hear its chorus of voices and remember that we are a nation of individuals, bound to each other by our humanity. -- \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e . . . an honest portrait of the U.S., pieced together like an imperfect American quilt. We need more books like this. -- BUST\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMargot Kahn\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the biography \u003ci\u003eHorses That Buck\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the High Plains Book Award; her work has appeared in \u003ci\u003eTablet, River Teeth\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review\u003c\/i\u003e, among others. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKelly McMasters\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eWelcome to Shirley\u003c\/i\u003e, one of Oprah's top five summer memoirs; her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNYTimes, Paris Review, Tin House\u003c\/i\u003e, and many others. Both editors hold MFAs from Columbia University.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 8 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771371979040,"sku":"9781580056687","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/c01c49a7f9d96e09d96e1eb1bbd21a0c.webp?v=1780385601","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/this-is-the-place-women-writing-about-home-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}