Seeking Rapture
Scenes from a Woman's Life
Published on 6. July 2011
208 pages
978-0-307-76600-7 (ISBN)
Description
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
In this exquisite book of personal reflections on a woman's life as a child, wife, and mother, Kathryn Harrison, "a writer of extraordinary gifts” (Tobias Wolff), recalls episodes in her life, exploring how the experiences of childhood recur in memory, to be transformed and sometimes healed through the lives we lead as adults. At the heart of Seeking Rapture is the notion that a woman's journey is a continuous process of transformation, an ongoing transcendence and re-creation of self.
In this exquisite book of personal reflections on a woman's life as a child, wife, and mother, Kathryn Harrison, "a writer of extraordinary gifts” (Tobias Wolff), recalls episodes in her life, exploring how the experiences of childhood recur in memory, to be transformed and sometimes healed through the lives we lead as adults. At the heart of Seeking Rapture is the notion that a woman's journey is a continuous process of transformation, an ongoing transcendence and re-creation of self.
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Kathryn Harrison is the author of the novels The Seal Wife, The Binding Chair, Poison, Exposure, and Thicker Than Water. She has also written a memoir, The Kiss. Her personal essays, including some from the collection Seeking Rapture, have appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's magazine, and other publications. She lives in New York with her husband, the novelist Colin Harrison, and their children. She can be reached at thebindingchair@yahoo.com.
Content
- Intro
- About the Author
- Other Books by this Author
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- The Children's Room
- Home for the Holidays
- Interior Castles I
- Seeking Rapture
- Interior Castles II
- Keeping Time
- Tick
- Siva's Daughters
- Minor Surgeries
- Beach Trip
- The Supermarket Detective
- A Pilgrimage to Saks Fifth Avenue
- Renewal
- What Remains
- Nitpickers
- Labor
- Mother's Day Card
- Acknowledgments
