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This glimpse of an American family starts in 1869 with the birth of the author's grandfather in New York City (one of 14 children) who became a self-made millionaire by 1900. Although Clarence dies the year before Joan is born, she spends her entire childhood on his estate, which provides both the inspiration and the framework for this story. The Place, which he built in 1906 on the North Jersey Shore, is a magical kingdom filled with special smells and sounds and tastes but one that leaves her unprepared for the real world outside its winding gravel driveway and stone gateposts. Joan's life throughout the 20th century and into the 21st, with 2 successive husbands and 6 children, is set against the historical drama of wars, assassination and 9/11, that leave the nations staggering. Her personal saga of loves, losses and triumphs, with The Place -- a bastion of both privilege and emotional deprivation -- as an ongoing backdrop, is one woman's journey to conscious living. As she cuts through family myth, she learns through considerable struggle and sorrow -- while developing her talent for writing -- where her true voice and self exist. This is a relevant and poignant American story that transcends gender and class. It's a compelling read, giving each of us an opportunity to consider where we have been and where we are heading in our own lives.
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Joan Cowen Bowman was born in 1932, graduated from the Baldwin School in 1950 and from Smith College with Honors in English in 1954. Since 1960, she has lived in Short Hills, NJ where she has raised 5 sons and 1 daughter. She has also attended the NY School of Interior Design and The Writing Institute at Sarah Lawrence College. In 2005, at age 72, she received her MFA Degree in Writing from Sarah Lawrence. An interior designer for the past 35 years, she has worked with clients in NJ, NYC, PA, CT, VT, NC and FL.. She has written a weekly column on the secrets of successful home design for a local newspaper. Her essays are also published in the Vineyard Gazette on Martha's Vineyard Island where she spends every July -- joined by family and friends who come to share her day-to-day life there, close to the land and the sea. Joan has been a member of the Sarah Lawrence Alumnae/i Board and is the Secretary of the Board of the Paul Taylor Dance Foundation. A devotee of all the arts. she finds dance, especially modern dance, an ongoing fascination. "As a writer, I'm in awe of this art form, where the most profound human emotions -- love, lust, hate, heartbreak, jealousy, joy and all the other feelings that I write about in my memoir -- are expressed by choreographers and dancers through movement and music without uttering a single word."
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- PublisherThe Homestead Press
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0692009906
- ISBN 13 9780692009901
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages247
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ISBN 13: 9780692009901
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. First edition 2010, first printing, matching dates on title and copyright pages. Published by The Homestead Press. Hardcover with DJ . Condition new, square, tight and crisp book, no edgewear, sharp corners, no markings of any kind, no names, no underlinings, no highlights, no bent page corners, not a reminder. DJ new, bright, no edgewear, no tears, no chips, not clipped. 8vo, IX + 247 pages. Seller Inventory # 007910
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