Waiting on Wednesday is hosted by Jill at Breaking the Spine.
This week's pick: I Will Not Leave You Comfortless by Jeremy Jackson
Due out: September 18, 2012
Product Description taken from Amazon:
Spanning one year of the author's life, I Will Not Leave You Comfortless is the intimate memoir of a young boy coming to consciousness in small-town Missouri. 1984 is the year that greets ten-year-old Jeremy with first loves, first losses, and a break from the innocence of boyhood that will never be fully repaired. For Jeremy, the seeming security of family is at once and forever shaken by the life-altering events of that pivotal year. Through tenderhearted, steadfast prose — redolent of the glories of outdoor life on the family farm — Jackson recalls the deeply sensual wonders of his rural Midwestern childhood — bicycle rides in September sunlight; the horizon vanishing behind tall grasses. Reanimating stories both heart wrenching and humorous, tragic and triumphant, Jackson weaves past, present, and future into the rich Missouri landscape.
With storytelling informed by profound sense of place and an emotional memory remarkably sound, Jackson stands poised to join the ranks of renowned memoirists the likes of Tobias Wolff. Readers young and old will be charmed and transformed by his unforgettable coming-of-age tale.
2 comments:
This is my kind of book...it sounds wonderfully captivating. Thanks for sharing...and here's MY WOW POST
I don't read a lot of non-fiction, but I love the title, cover, and concept behind this one. Great pick!
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