Título: Table Scraps and Other Essays
Autor: Juyanne James
Sinopse: Table Scraps and Other Essays is for all intents and purposes memoir writing. At the heart of the twenty-two true stories is an African American female who, as a child, along with her siblings, must learn the value of hard work as hired hands. James’s young spirit is often at odds with her growing family, especially with a father figure who ignores his duties as husband and provider. She has a strong, loving mother who insists on keeping the family together. James learns to trust and depend on the “guardians” of her small Louisiana community—teachers who are eventually forced to move away from the area when the local schools are integrated.
Many years later, James returns home figuratively, and literally on occasion, from the apartment where she lives in New Orleans, and reconnects with a father who seeks forgiveness for his earlier betrayal. He spends each day attempting to make up for the ill treatment of his wife and children. In these essays, James shares her love of nature, both as a means of escape from her troubled family and as inspiration for her writing.
Contexto da obra
Como livro em inglês, esta obra costuma ganhar também uma camada própria de interesse editorial e linguístico. “Table Scraps and Other Essays”, de Juyanne James, publicado pela editora Resource Publications, em 2019 e com 158 páginas, integra a categoria Livros em Inglês. Por isso, o interesse da obra tende a se ampliar quando o leitor considera também a relação com a língua em que ela circula.
Editora: Resource Publications
Páginas: 158
Ano: 2019-12-18
Edição:
Linguagem: en
ISBN: 1725251736
ISBN13: 9781725251731
