Constellations Reflections from Life |
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| Author:
| Gleeson, Sinéad |
| ISBN: | 978-0-358-21335-2 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2020 |
| Publisher: | HarperCollins Publishers
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| Imprint: | Ecco |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $14.99 |
Book Description:
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"These brilliant essays read as if Gleeson has made a vow to her readers to illuminate what it means to live in a human body--for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health--all the days of her life. Come for the dark jokes and existential dread. Stay for the beauty and tenderness." --Jenny Offill, author of Weather "Nimbly written, balletic in style, heartfelt, spirited, and thoughtful,...
More Description "These brilliant essays read as if Gleeson has made a vow to her readers to illuminate what it means to live in a human body--for better or for worse, for richer or poorer, in sickness and in health--all the days of her life. Come for the dark jokes and existential dread. Stay for the beauty and tenderness."
--Jenny Offill, author of Weather
"Nimbly written, balletic in style, heartfelt, spirited, and thoughtful, Sinéad Gleeson's Constellations is a powerful, inspiring gift to readers everywhere."
--Jami Attenberg, author of All This Could Be Yours
A #1 Irish bestseller, Sinéad Gleeson's essays chronicle--in crystalline, tender, powerful prose--life in a body as it goes through sickness, health, motherhood, and love of all kinds.