A House with No Roof (PDF)
After My Father's Assassination, A Memoir
(Sprache: Englisch)
In 1966, Rebecca Wilson's father, a Union Leader and civil rights activist, was assassinated on the street in San Francisco. Rebecca-known throughout as "Becky”-was three years old. A House with No Roof is Wilson's gripping memoir of how the murder of...
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In 1966, Rebecca Wilson's father, a Union Leader and civil rights activist, was assassinated on the street in San Francisco. Rebecca-known throughout as "Becky”-was three years old. A House with No Roof is Wilson's gripping memoir of how the murder of her father propelled her family into a life-long search for solace and understanding.
Following her father's death, Becky's mother, Barbara, desperate for closure and peace, uproots the family and moves to Bolinas, California. In this small, coastal town of hippies, artists, and "burnouts,” the family continues to unravel. To cope, Barbara turns to art and hangs a banner that loudly declares, "Wilsons are Bold.” But she still succumbs to her grief, neglecting her children in her wake. Becky's brother turns to drugs while her beautiful sister chooses a life on the road and becomes pregnant. As Becky fumbles and hurtles toward adulthood herself, she...
Following her father's death, Becky's mother, Barbara, desperate for closure and peace, uproots the family and moves to Bolinas, California. In this small, coastal town of hippies, artists, and "burnouts,” the family continues to unravel. To cope, Barbara turns to art and hangs a banner that loudly declares, "Wilsons are Bold.” But she still succumbs to her grief, neglecting her children in her wake. Becky's brother turns to drugs while her beautiful sister chooses a life on the road and becomes pregnant. As Becky fumbles and hurtles toward adulthood herself, she...
Autoren-Porträt von Rebecca Wilson
Rebecca Wilson was born in San Francisco and raised in Bolinas, California. She graduated from Scripps Women's College Phi Beta Kappa and traveled to Scotland on a Thomas J. Watson Fellowship. During her time in Scotland she published her first book, Sleeping with Monsters: Conversations with Scottish and Irish Female Poets. She lives in Fairfax, California.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Rebecca Wilson
- 2011, 256 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: CATAPULT
- ISBN-10: 1582438471
- ISBN-13: 9781582438474
- Erscheinungsdatum: 01.10.2011
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