Lisa Alther

Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree: The Search for My Melungeon Ancestors

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Produktbeschreibung

Lisa Alther searches for her mixed-race Melungeon ancestors and discovers a unique piece of American history in this warm, sharply funny memoir.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Arcade Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: März 2012
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 318g
• ISBN-13: 9781611451764
• ISBN-10: 1611451760
• Artikelnr.: 33467871

Autorenporträt

Lisa Alther is the bestselling author of five novels, among them the critically acclaimed Kinflicks, and a family memoir, Kinfolks: Falling Off the Family Tree. She was born in Kingsport, Tennessee, in 1944, one of five children in a close-knit family influenced by both its Southern and "Yankee" roots. After attending Wellesley College and working in book publishing, she moved to Vermont, where she began to write and raise her daughter. Alther currently divides her time among Tennessee, Vermont, and New York City.