Once in a while, a book comes along that redefines the concept of family. Frank McCourt did it with Angela's Ashes ; Annie Dillard did it with An American Childhood. In Nobody Rich or Famous , award-winning poet and author Richard Shelton immerses us in the hardscrabble lives of his Boise, Idaho, clan during the 1930s and '40s. This is memoir in its finest tradition, illuminating today's cultural chasm between the haves and have-nots. It is the true story of a family and how it got that way.
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Once in a while, a book comes along that redefines the concept of family. Frank McCourt did it with Angela's Ashes ; Annie Dillard did it with An American Childhood. In Nobody Rich or Famous , award-winning poet and author Richard Shelton immerses us in the hardscrabble lives of his Boise, Idaho, clan during the 1930s and '40s. This is memoir in its finest tradition, illuminating today's cultural chasm between the haves and have-nots. It is the true story of a family and how it got that way.
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Good-Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name-GOOD Standard-sized.
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Very good. Very Good. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 296 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. Clean, unmarked book in great shape.
