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Nonfiction storytelling is at its best in this anthology of
excerpts from memoirs by thirty authors-some eminent, some less
well known-who grew up tough and talented in working-class America.
Their stories, selected from literary memoirs published between
1982 and 2014, cover episodes from childhood to young adulthood
within a spectrum of life-changing experiences. Although diverse
ethnically, racially, geographically, and in sexual orientation,
these writers share a youthful precocity and determination to find
opportunity where little appeared to exist. All of these
perspectives are explored within the larger context of economic
insecurity-a needed perspective in this time of growing inequality.
These memoirists grew up in families that led "hardscrabble" lives
in which struggle and strenuous effort were the norm. Their stories
offer insight on the realities of class in America, as well as
inspiration and hope.
Nonfiction storytelling is at its best in this anthology of
excerpts from memoirs by thirty authors-some eminent, some less
well known-who grew up tough and talented in working-class America.
Their stories, selected from literary memoirs published between
1982 and 2014, cover episodes from childhood to young adulthood
within a spectrum of life-changing experiences. Although diverse
ethnically, racially, geographically, and in sexual orientation,
these writers share a youthful precocity and determination to find
opportunity where little appeared to exist. All of these
perspectives are explored within the larger context of economic
insecurity-a needed perspective in this time of growing inequality.
These memoirists grew up in families that led "hardscrabble" lives
in which struggle and strenuous effort were the norm. Their stories
offer insight on the realities of class in America, as well as
inspiration and hope.
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