The critically acclaimed, heartbreaking memoir that is at once a gorgeous, profound, and redemptive story of a family holding desperately to the memory of a lost child; and a touching, intelligent, and inspiring coming-out story.A luminous, true story, Name All the Animals is an unparalleled account of grief and secret love: the tale of a family clinging to the memory of a lost child, and of a young woman struggling to define herself in the wake of his loss. As children, siblings Alison and Roy Smith were so close that their mother called them by one name, Alroy. But when Alison was fifteen, she woke one day to learn that Roy, eighteen, was dead. Heartbreaking but hopeful, this extraordinary memoir explores the aftermath of Roys death: his parents enduring romance, the faith of a deeply religious community, and the excitement and anguish of Alison’s first lovea taboo relationship that opens up a world beyond the death of her brother.
Alison Smith
Name All the Animals [EPUB ebook]
A Memoir
Name All the Animals [EPUB ebook]
A Memoir
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Limba Engleză ● Format EPUB ● Pagini 336 ● ISBN 9780743267021 ● Editura Scribner ● Publicat 2004 ● Descărcabil 6 ori ● Valută EUR ● ID 5669695 ● Protecție împotriva copiilor Adobe DRM
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