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Readers familiar with Sallie Bingham's 1989 memoir, Passion and
Prejudice, will remember her provocative chronicle of the Bingham
family saga, cited by Gloria Steinem as "a major step toward
feminist change and democracy." In Little Brother, she reflects on
just one of her siblings: the youngest son Jonathan and his all-too
brief life. The book begins with a count she calls her "dreadful
list" of nine close relatives who died by accident, suicide,
overdose, exposure to the elements, and electrocution, all before
the age of 50. Jonathan was only twenty-two years old when he
climbed a pole, hoping to rig up some lighting for a barn party
and, by some fluke, grabbed a live wire. But even before his fatal
fall to the ground, the boy suffered from insecurity, isolation,
and difficulty relating to his large family. Bingham draws from
archived material, chief among them the young man's journal and
letters. She writes his short history with obvious affection and
tenderness, along with more than a dash of survival guilt. Little
Brother is a moving and honest new work.
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Ishmael - a Novel; 3 (Hardcover)
M E (Mary Elizabeth) 1835 Braddon, Sallie Bingham Center for Women's His
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R982
Discovery Miles 9 820
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A Faithful Lover; 1 (Paperback)
Katharine S (Katharine Sar Macquoid, Sallie Bingham Center for Women's His
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R702
Discovery Miles 7 020
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A Son of the Soil (Hardcover)
(margaret) 1828-1897 Oliphant, Sallie Bingham Center for Women's His
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R945
Discovery Miles 9 450
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Hidden Depths; 1 (Paperback)
Felicia 1821-1899 Skene; Created by Sallie Bingham Center for Women's His, Leona Bowman Carpenter Collection of
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R605
Discovery Miles 6 050
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Reuben Sachs - a Sketch (Hardcover)
Amy 1861-1889 Levy; Created by Sallie Bingham Center for Women's His, Leona Bowman Carpenter Collection of
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R982
Discovery Miles 9 820
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Ishmael - a Novel; 3 (Paperback)
M E (Mary Elizabeth) 1835 Braddon, Sallie Bingham Center for Women's His
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R696
Discovery Miles 6 960
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