Playaway Adult Nonfiction: An American Childhood (Pre-recorded digital audio player)

from etxgardener

This is an American childhood, if your family owned American Standard and had so much money that your father could throw over his job and decide he was going to boat down the Ohio River to New Orleans. However, Ms. Dillard isn't talking about her family's wealth - at least not centrally. She's mo...

from ImperfectCJ

My parents grew up in northeast Ohio, and I grew up with Pittsburgh jokes.I read this more than a decade ago. The only concrete image that remains for me from this book is an image of a small girl climbing the front steps of a library (which may or may not actually be from this book), but I remem...

from nicholasjjordan

What do you rate when a fantastic author writes another great book, but it's not her best? Four stars, apparently.

from carolfoisset

I have heard her name so often, she is referred to, and quoted so much. I finally read a book by her. I thought some of her passages were so well written and even poetic, while others rambled on a bit too much for me. There were several quotes I had to copy down and I will read more of her work.

from bluepigeon

Right after Bill Bryson's memoirs of growing up in middle America in the 50, Annie Dillard's memoirs of growing up in the 50s in Pittsburgh was a great extension. Dillard's voice is smooth and beautiful, with the perfect balance of poignant reflection and biting adolescent angst. Like Bryson, she...