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Poignant exploration of complex familial bonds.
If you're looking for a memoir that slices straight to the heart of family complexity, Sherman Alexie's "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" might just be the raw, emotional journey you need. Alexie's masterful storytelling weaves profound reflections on love, loss, and forgiveness that could resonate with anyone grappling with their own personal histories and the relationships that shape us. So brace yourself for a tale that's as much about cultural identity as it is about the intricacies of a mother-son relationship—a narrative told with the kind of honesty that can turn pain into art.
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2017)
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ISBN: 9780316270755
Authors:
Sherman Alexie
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Date of Publication: 2017-06-13
Format: Hardcover
Goodreads rating: 4.14
(rated by 18028 readers)
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A searing, deeply moving memoir about family, love, and loss from the critically acclaimed, bestselling National Book Award winner. When his mother passed away at the age of 78, Sherman Alexie responded the only way he knew how: he wrote. The result is this stunning memoir. Featuring 78 poems, 78 essays, and intimate family photographs, Alexie shares raw, angry, funny, profane, tender memories of a childhood few can imagine—growing up dirt-poor on an Indian reservation, one of four children raised by alcoholic parents. Throughout, a portrait emerges of his mother as a beautiful, mercurial, abusive, intelligent, complicated woman. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me is a powerful account of a complicated relationship, an unflinching and unforgettable remembrance.
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Poignant exploration of complex familial bonds.
If you're looking for a memoir that slices straight to the heart of family complexity, Sherman Alexie's "You Don't Have to Say You Love Me" might just be the raw, emotional journey you need. Alexie's masterful storytelling weaves profound reflections on love, loss, and forgiveness that could resonate with anyone grappling with their own personal histories and the relationships that shape us. So brace yourself for a tale that's as much about cultural identity as it is about the intricacies of a mother-son relationship—a narrative told with the kind of honesty that can turn pain into art.
- Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Memoir & Autobiography (2017)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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