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The Resource You don't have to say you love me : a memoir, Sherman Alexie

You don't have to say you love me : a memoir, Sherman Alexie

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A searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, loss, and forgiveness from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award-winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Family relationships are never simple. But Sherman Alexie's bond with his mother Lillian was more complex than most. She plunged her family into chaos with a drinking habit, but shed her addiction when it was on the brink of costing her everything. She survived a violent past, but created an elaborate facade to hide the truth. She selflessly cared for strangers, but was often incapable of showering her children with the affection that they so desperately craved. She wanted a better life for her son, but it was only by leaving her behind that he could hope to achieve it. It's these contradictions that made Lillian Alexie a beautiful, mercurial, abusive, intelligent, complicated, and very human woman. When she passed away, the incongruities that defined his mother shook Sherman and his remembrance of her. Grappling with the haunting ghosts of the past in the wake of loss, he responded the only way he knew how: he wrote. The result is a stunning memoir filled with raw, angry, funny, profane, tender memories of a childhood few can imagine, much less survive. An unflinching and unforgettable remembrance, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME is a powerful, deeply felt account of a complicated relationship
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eng
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1 online resource.
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Electronic book
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9780316270762
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You don't have to say you love me : a memoir
Title
You don't have to say you love me
Title remainder
a memoir
Statement of responsibility
Sherman Alexie
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Language
eng
Summary
A searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, loss, and forgiveness from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award-winning author of The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian. Family relationships are never simple. But Sherman Alexie's bond with his mother Lillian was more complex than most. She plunged her family into chaos with a drinking habit, but shed her addiction when it was on the brink of costing her everything. She survived a violent past, but created an elaborate facade to hide the truth. She selflessly cared for strangers, but was often incapable of showering her children with the affection that they so desperately craved. She wanted a better life for her son, but it was only by leaving her behind that he could hope to achieve it. It's these contradictions that made Lillian Alexie a beautiful, mercurial, abusive, intelligent, complicated, and very human woman. When she passed away, the incongruities that defined his mother shook Sherman and his remembrance of her. Grappling with the haunting ghosts of the past in the wake of loss, he responded the only way he knew how: he wrote. The result is a stunning memoir filled with raw, angry, funny, profane, tender memories of a childhood few can imagine, much less survive. An unflinching and unforgettable remembrance, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME is a powerful, deeply felt account of a complicated relationship
Biography type
autobiography
Cataloging source
TOH
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1966-
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Alexie, Sherman
Dewey number
818/.5409
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3551.L35774
Literary form
non fiction
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  • Alexie, Sherman
  • Alexie, Sherman
  • Authors, American
  • Mothers and sons
  • Indians of North America
  • Authors, American
  • Indians of North America
  • Mothers and sons
  • United States
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You don't have to say you love me : a memoir, Sherman Alexie
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online resource
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text
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rdacontent
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
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online
Isbn
9780316270762
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computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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  • (OCoLC)988648764
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  • 1332255
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You don't have to say you love me : a memoir, Sherman Alexie
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Publication
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Electronic book
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online resource
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  • cr
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rdacarrier
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
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rdacontent
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unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
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online
Isbn
9780316270762
Media category
computer
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rdamedia
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  • c
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9025e67e-2389-4cb4-a3dd-3d38d64b984d
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remote
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  • (OCoLC)988648764
  • (OCoLC)ocn988648764
  • 1332255

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