
Blood
A Memoir
Allison Moorer(Author)
Da Capo Press Inc
Published on 28. November 2019
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-0-306-92268-8 (ISBN)
Description
1986, Mobile, Alabama. A fourteen-year-old girl is awakened by the unmistakable sound of gunfire. On the front lawn, her father has shot and killed her mother before turning the gun on himself. Allison Moorer would grow up to be an award-winning musician, with her songs likened to "a Southern accent: eight miles an hour, deliberate and very dangerous to underestimate" (Rolling Stone). Now, Allison turns her lyrical storytelling powers to recount the events leading up to the moment that forever altered her own life and that of her older sister, Shelby, with whom she shares an unbreakable bond. Gorgeously written, Blood delves into the meaning of inheritance and destiny, shame and trauma - and how it is possible to carve out a safe place in the world despite it all.
With a foreword by Grammy winner Shelby Lynne, Blood is a familial Just Kids that reads like an intimate journal - vivid, haunting, and ultimately life-affirming
With a foreword by Grammy winner Shelby Lynne, Blood is a familial Just Kids that reads like an intimate journal - vivid, haunting, and ultimately life-affirming
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Hachette Books
Dimensions
Height: 212 mm
Width: 146 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
440 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-92268-8 (9780306922688)
Copyright in bibliographic data and cover images is held by Nielsen Book Services Limited or by the publishers or by their respective licensors: all rights reserved.
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions

Person
Allison Moorer has been nominated for Academy, Grammy, Americana Music Association and Academy of Country Music Awards. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing and lives in New York City and Nashville.