DAUGHTER IN RETROGRADE - A MEMOIR (HARDCOVER) IN SOUTH AFRICA

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days When she isn't eavesdropping on family gossip or gazing at taxidermy squirrels in smoky dives, Courtney Kersten charts the uncertainty of her midwestern homeland by looking to the stars and planets. As a teen she had plunged deep into the worlds of signs, symbols, and prophecy. But as her mother-her traveling companion into these spheres-lies dying, Kersten must learn to navigate without the person who always lit the way. Their last journey together, to swim in a Wisconsin lake, is a bittersweet, darkly comic, poignant climax to this transformative memoir. Features Summary A fierce and funny memoir of midwestern life and death, as a young woman looks to stars and signs to help her navigate without the mother who had always lit the way. Contributors Courtney Kersten Release date 20180329 Pages 184 ISBN 0-299-31700-5 ISBN 13 978-0-299-31700-3