Growing up Mostly Normal in the Middle of Nowhere: A Memoir (Only Signed Copy)

John Sheirer

ISBN 10: 0974892114 / ISBN 13: 9780974892115

Published by Foremost Press, Cedarburg, Wisconsin, 2005

About this Item

First Edition (NAP). Once listed, this will be the Only signed copy for sale on the Internet. The inscription is on the title page. It reads 'For Judy -- Thanks for reading! Best, J.S.' As you can see from the first photo, it was a 2004 Santa Fe Writers Project Literary Award Finalist. The author Kevin O'Hara clearly agreed. On the rear cover he writes 'A brilliant and delightful showcase of boyhood memories from a rich and varied upbringing. This memoir sings with honesty, humor, and grace.' The book is in very good condition. The covers are very clean. They have a little bit of thin creasing including one just off the bottom corner of the front cover. It does not impact the pages within the book. The spine has a very slight forward lean. The book is very solidly bound from cover to cover with nicely tight pages throughout and nicely tight covers as well. The interior of the book is in exceptional condition. I scrolled through several times without finding any instances of soiling. I'm not seeing any creasing at all. There are no markings. No attachments. And with the exception of the author's signed inscription, no one has written their name or anything else anywhere in the book.

Seller Inventory # 003625

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Growing up Mostly Normal in the Middle of Nowhere: A Memoir (Only Signed Copy)
• Publisher: Foremost Press, Cedarburg, Wisconsin
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0974892114
• ISBN 13: 9780974892115
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Printing: 1st Printing
• Condition: Near Fine
• Signed: Inscribed by Author(s)
• Seller catalogs:
  • One-Of-A-Kind
  • Autobiography, Memoir
  • Signed Biography, Autobiography

About this title

Synopsis

This memoir stands out as a beautifully written account of a mostly happy, mostly normal, fully real life at once both ordinary and extraordinary. Sheirer explores intensely personal experiences and relationships with humor, surprise, awe, suspense, and deep insight. With the depth of a memoir and the flow of a novel, Sheirer chronicles how his simple youth of farm, sports, school, nature, and family led him to an unlikely adulthood as an author and college professor.

About the Author

A teacher of writing, public speaking, and literature for two decades, John Sheirer (pronounced shy-er) has been twice honored by Who's Who Among America's Teachers. He holds a B.A. from West Virginia Wesleyan College, an M.A. from Ohio University, and has done doctoral study at Indiana University of Pennsylvania. Since 1993, he has been a full-time faculty member at Asnuntuck Community College in Enfield, Connecticut. He recently designed a memoir writing course to help students at Asnuntuck write about their own lives.

In addition to twenty limited edition collections of poetry, he is the author of five full-length books.

He lives in Somers, Connecticut, where he is an avid reader of memoirs, photographer, and hiker who does volunteer land preservation work with the Northern Connecticut Land Trust.