{"product_id":"clear-springs-a-family-story-9780060956295","title":"Clear Springs: A Family Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePULITZER PRIZE FINALIST\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom acclaimed author Bobbie Ann Mason, her Pulitzer Prize-nominated memoir chronicling three generations of her Kentucky lineage, spanning a century in the life of an American family.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Mason gets to the heart of a whole generation.... She can write the hard truth about home, love, loss.... Immensely satisfying.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePeople love and remember the novels of Bobbie Ann Mason because they ring so true. This dazzling memoir has the same power. In it, Mason tells the story of her own family--a multilayered saga of three generations, their aspirations, their conflicts, and the ties that bound them to one another. Spanning decades, \u003cem\u003eClear Springs\u003c\/em\u003e gracefully weaves together the stories of Mason's grandparents, parents, and her own generation. The narrative moves from the sober industriousness of a Kentucky farm to the hippie lifestyle of the countercultural 1960s; from a New York fan magazine to the shock-therapy ward of a mental institution; from a county poorhouse to the set of a Hollywood movie. In the process of recounting her own odyssey--the story of an isolated girl who dreamed of distant places--Mason depicts the changes that have come to family, to women, and to heartland America in the twentieth century. Ultimately, \u003cem\u003eClear Springs\u003c\/em\u003e is a heartfelt portrait of an extended family, and a profound affirmation of the importance of family love. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bobbie Ann Mason, Random House Inc\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.64lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.01h x 5.29w x 0.78d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780060956295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/07\/2000 pg. 36\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMason, Bobbie Ann:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBobbie Ann Mason is the author of a number of works of fiction, including \u003cem\u003eThe Girl in the Blue Beret\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eIn Country, An Atomic Romance, and Nancy Culpepper\u003c\/em\u003e. The groundbreaking \u003cem\u003eShiloh and Other Stories \u003c\/em\u003ewon the PEN Hemingway Award and was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Award, the American Book Award, and the PEN Faulkner Award. Her memoir, \u003cem\u003eClear Springs, \u003c\/em\u003e was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. She has won two Southern Book Awards and numerous other prizes, including the O. Henry and the Pushcart. Former writer-in-residence at the University of Kentucky, she lives in Kentucky.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRandom House Inc:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Jean Strouse won the Bancroft Prize in American History and Diplomacy for her biography \u003cem\u003eAlice James.\u003c\/em\u003e She lives in New York City.","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43110622068851,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":21.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_a8601b81-4275-4ea6-9632-ee4af2fa80ad.jpg?v=1748982379","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/clear-springs-a-family-story-9780060956295","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}