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Low Country : a southern memoir / J. Nicole Jones.
Record details
- ISBN: 1948226863
- ISBN: 9781948226868
- Physical Description: 232 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Catapult, [2021]
- Copyright: ©2021.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "This book is a memoir. It reflects the author's recollections of experiences over time. Some name and identifying details have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals."--Title page verso. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | While I breathe, I hope -- treasure maps -- horse thieves & millionaires -- golden gloves -- Waccamaw Academy -- the ferry or the road? -- aces over eights -- four of a kind -- whiskey Jones -- hurricane games -- the suckers list -- the gray man -- Nana's house. |
| Summary, etc.: | "J. Nicole Jones is the only daughter of a prominent South Carolina family, a family that grew rich building the hotels and seafood restaurants that draw tourists to Myrtle Beach. But at home, she is surrounded by violence and capriciousness: a grandfather who beats his wife, a barman father who dreams of being a country music star. At one time, Jones's parents can barely afford groceries; at another, her volatile grandfather presents her with a fur coat. After a girlhood of extreme wealth and deep debt, of ghosts and folklore, of cruel men and unwanted spectacle, Jones finds herself face to face with an explosive possibility concerning her long-abused grandmother that she can neither speak nor shake. And through the lens of her own family's catastrophes and triumphs, Jones pays homage to the landscapes and legends of her childhood home, a region haunted by its history: Eliza Pinckney cultivates indigo, Blackbeard ransacks the coast, and the Gray Man paces the beach, warning of Hurricane Hazel."-- Provided by publisher. |
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| Subject: | Authors, American > 21st century > Biography. Women authors, American > Biography. Social role > United States. Life change events > United States. Southern States > Social life and customs. |
| Genre: | Autobiographies. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main | 813.6 J718L (Text) | 31307024682728 | Non Fiction | Available | - |
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Author Notes
Low Country : A Memoir
J. Nicole Jones received her MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Columbia University, and has since held editorial positions at VICE magazine and Vanity Fair . Her viral essay defending the art of memoir, "Why's Everyone So Down on the Memoir?" was published by the Los Angeles Review of Books and Salon , and her reviews and other writings have appeared in magazines including Harper's . She grew up in South Carolina, and now lives in Brooklyn and Tennessee.
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