Dreaming: Hard Luck And Good Times In America - Softcover

See, Carolyn

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0520204824 ISBN 13: 9780520204829

Publisher: University of California Press, 1996

Synopsis

In this bittersweet and beautifully written memoir, Carolyn See embarks on nothing less than a reevaluation of the American Dream. Although it features a clan in which dysfunction was something of a family tradition, Dreaming is no victim's story. With a wry humor and not a trace of self-pity, See writes of fights and breakups and hard times, but also of celebration and optimism in the face of adversity. The story of See's family speaks for the countless people who reached for the shining American vision, found it eluded their grasp, and then tried to make what they had glitter as best they could.

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

nning author of Golden Days and The Rest Is Done With Mirrors now tells her life story and that of her family--one in which heavy drinking and, later, recreational drugs, were something of a family tradition. A fiercely funny and deeply empathetic book which shows that the wild life, for better and worse, has made us what we are. Photos.

About the Author:

Carolyn See is the author of five novels. She has a Ph.D in American literature from the University of California, Los Angeles, where she is an Adjunct Professor of English. Her awards include the Robert Kirsch Body of Work Award (1993) and a Guggenheim Fellowship in fiction.

About this edition

• Publisher: University of California Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0520204824
• ISBN 13: 9780520204829
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 372