Clear Springs : a memoir
Mason, Bobbie Ann
Clear Springs : a memoir / Bobbie Ann Mason. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House , c1999. - xi, 298 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Best known for her novel In Country, Mason here delves into her family background and childhood as a way of finding patterns and connectedness in life. She recalls the experience of growing up on a farm in Clear Springs, KY, in the 1940s and 1950s, occasionally alluding to the general prejudices against "country people" vs. city dwellers. The most poignant aspect of this memoir is the material Mason elicits from family members, especially her mother, who responds at times with "Oh, you're straining my little watery brain!" Mason concludes the memoir, which centers around her mother (orphaned at age four), with a memorable chapter about an experience that ultimately demonstrates the persistence, endurance, and perseverance of her mother even after 77 years. Mason proudly and vividly portrays incidents and individuals in a way that makes the reader feel like a witness and an acquaintance.
9780679449256
98037173
Mason, Bobbie Ann
Novelists, American---Family relationships---20th century
Farm life
Kentucky----Family relations----Memoir
PS3563.A7877 / Z77 1999
92 MAS
Clear Springs : a memoir / Bobbie Ann Mason. - 1st ed. - New York : Random House , c1999. - xi, 298 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
Best known for her novel In Country, Mason here delves into her family background and childhood as a way of finding patterns and connectedness in life. She recalls the experience of growing up on a farm in Clear Springs, KY, in the 1940s and 1950s, occasionally alluding to the general prejudices against "country people" vs. city dwellers. The most poignant aspect of this memoir is the material Mason elicits from family members, especially her mother, who responds at times with "Oh, you're straining my little watery brain!" Mason concludes the memoir, which centers around her mother (orphaned at age four), with a memorable chapter about an experience that ultimately demonstrates the persistence, endurance, and perseverance of her mother even after 77 years. Mason proudly and vividly portrays incidents and individuals in a way that makes the reader feel like a witness and an acquaintance.
9780679449256
98037173
Mason, Bobbie Ann
Novelists, American---Family relationships---20th century
Farm life
Kentucky----Family relations----Memoir
PS3563.A7877 / Z77 1999
92 MAS
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