Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away: A Memoir
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (909 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B01MSIVOJR |
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| Number of Pages | : | 263 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Quite possibly the best memoir I've ever read.” –Jo-Ann Mapson, author of Los Angeles Times bestsellers Bad Girl Creek and The Wilder Sisters, and Solomon's Oak"I love this book with my entire body. In this time of fear and doubt, of seemingly perpetual midnight, this book rises to sacredness in its heroic honesty, its warrior's heart, and its profound beauty." -Luis Alberto Urrea, author of the American Book Award winning memoir Nobody's Son and novels The Devil's Highway, The Hummingbird's Daughter, and Into the Beautiful North. In page after riveting page, we're reminded how mothers love their children with ferociousness, and how that love might take shape in the child who saves her life. Alice Anderson's Some Bright Morning, I'll Fly Away is nothing short of a body and soul retriev
. The recipient of The Plum Review Prize, the Elmer Holmes Bobst Prize, and The Great Lakes Colleges Best First Book Prize, she also received the Haven Foundation Grant from Stephen King. ALICE ANDERSON’s work has appeared in literary journals including Agni and New Letters and is featured in anthologies such as American Poetry and On The Verge. Her second collection of poetry, The
The incredible true story of one woman's journey to relocate the place inside herself where strength, hope, and personal truth reside.After Hurricane Katrina, Alice Anderson has returned home to assess the damage to her beloved Mississippi coastline and the once-immaculate home she’d carefully cultivated for her husband, Dr. Afraid for her life, she flees with her children.What ensues is an epic battle—emotional, psychological, spiritual, and legal—for her children’s welfare, for self-preservation, and ultimately for redemption. Yet even as she confronts the harsh realities of high-powered Southern lawyers and an inadequate legal system, Alice forges a new life with her blossoming children and an