Flyover lives: a memoir
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Le Divorce, a dazzling meditation on the mysteries of the "wispy but material" family ghosts who shape us. Growing up in the small river town of Moline, Illinois, Diane Johnson always dreamed of floating down the Mississippi and off to see the world. Years later, at home in France, a French friend teases her: 'Indifference to history--that's why you Americans seem so naive and don't really know where you're from.' The j'accuse stayed with Johnson. Were Americans indifferent to history? Her own family seemed always to have been in the Midwest. Surely they had got there from somewhere? In digging around, she discovers letters and memoirs written by generations of stalwart pioneer ancestors that testify to more complex times than the derisive nickname 'The Flyover' gives the region credit for. With the acuity and sympathy that her novels are known for, she captures the magnetic pull of home against our lust for escape and self-invention. This spellbinding memoir will appeal to fans of Bill Bryson, Patricia Hampl, and Annie Dillard"--
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Home
Home -- Middle West
Johnson, Diane
Johnson, Diane, -- 1934- -- Family
Middle West -- Biography
Middle West -- Social life and customs
Moline (Ill.) -- Biography
Nonfiction
Novelists, American
Novelists, American -- Biography
Pioneers
Pioneers -- Middle West -- Biography
Social life and customs
Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
Electronic books
Family
Home
Home -- Middle West
Johnson, Diane
Johnson, Diane, -- 1934- -- Family
Middle West -- Biography
Middle West -- Social life and customs
Moline (Ill.) -- Biography
Nonfiction
Novelists, American
Novelists, American -- Biography
Pioneers
Pioneers -- Middle West -- Biography
Social life and customs
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9780670016402
9780698137486
9780698137486
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Grouping Language | English (eng) |
Last Grouping Update | 2024-04-21 19:51:06PM |
Last Indexed | 2024-04-25 23:36:07PM |
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"From the New York Times bestselling author of Le Divorce, a dazzling meditation on the mysteries of the "wispy but material" family ghosts who shape us. Growing up in the small river town of Moline, Illinois, Diane Johnson always dreamed of floating down the Mississippi and off to see the world. Years later, at home in France, a French friend teases her: 'Indifference to history--that's why you Americans seem so naive and don't really know where you're from.' The j'accuse stayed with Johnson. Were Americans indifferent to history? Her own family seemed always to have been in the Midwest. Surely they had got there from somewhere? In digging around, she discovers letters and memoirs written by generations of stalwart pioneer ancestors that testify to more complex times than the derisive nickname 'The Flyover' gives the region credit for. With the acuity and sympathy that her novels are known for, she captures the magnetic pull of home against our lust for escape and self-invention. This spellbinding memoir will appeal to fans of Bill Bryson, Patricia Hampl, and Annie Dillard"--
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Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
Electronic books
Home -- Middle West
Johnson, Diane, -- 1934- -- Family
Middle West -- Biography
Middle West -- Social life and customs
Moline (Ill.) -- Biography
Nonfiction
Novelists, American -- Biography
Pioneers -- Middle West -- Biography
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Women
Biographies
Biography & Autobiography
Electronic books
Home -- Middle West
Johnson, Diane, -- 1934- -- Family
Middle West -- Biography
Middle West -- Social life and customs
Moline (Ill.) -- Biography
Nonfiction
Novelists, American -- Biography
Pioneers -- Middle West -- Biography
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Novelists, American
Pioneers
Social life and customs
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