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Space: A Memoir
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Algonquin Books
Publication date
January 1, 1998
Pages
325
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781565121461
ISBN-10
1565121465
Dimensions
1 by 5.25 by 7.25 in.
Weight
0.90 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$18.95
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
Summary
Describing in thoughtful detail what it was like to grow up a girl in 1960s America, the author of The Dogeater uses her childhood proximity to, and her father's involvement with, Cape Canaveral and the space program in Florida as the anchor for her family's struggles and triumphs.
Amazon.com description: Product Description:
A memoir in the tradition of Frank Conroy's STOP TIME and Tobias Wolff's THIS BOY'S LIFE, SPACE is about growing up when America was on the brink of the big changes coming by way of Apollo 11, THE FEMININE MYSTIQUE, and the Vietnam War. "Never has the space program been so charmingly brought down to earth than by this utterly beguiling girl . . . I was fascinated, enchanted, edified, and moved."--Gish Jen, author of TYPICAL AMERICAN; "The beauty of SPACE is that Kercheval engages all the senses with layered detail."--Swing; "An incandescent girlhood memoir . . . so lyrical and poignant are the events it chronicles, it is hard to believe that it wasn't all by design."--Booklist, starred.
Editions
Hardcover
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from Algonquin Books (January 1, 1998)
9781565121461 | details & prices | 325 pages | 5.25 × 7.25 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $18.95
About: Describing what it was like to grow up in 1960s America, the author uses her childhood proximity to, and her father's involvement with, Cape Canaveral and the space program as the anchor for her family's struggles
About: Describing what it was like to grow up in 1960s America, the author uses her childhood proximity to, and her father's involvement with, Cape Canaveral and the space program as the anchor for her family's struggles
Paperback
from Univ of Wisconsin Pr (May 20, 2014)
9780299300241 | details & prices | 325 pages | 5.00 × 7.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $24.95
from Berkley Pub Group (February 1, 1999)
9780425166833 | details & prices | 304 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.75 in. | 0.50 lbs | List price $12.95
About: Describing what it was like to grow up in 1960s America, the author uses her childhood proximity to, and her father's involvement with, Cape Canaveral and the space program as the anchor for her family's struggles.
About: Describing what it was like to grow up in 1960s America, the author uses her childhood proximity to, and her father's involvement with, Cape Canaveral and the space program as the anchor for her family's struggles.
Reinforced
from Demco Media (June 1, 1999)
9780606189705 | details & prices | 4.75 × 8.00 × 0.75 in. | 0.65 lbs | List price $21.17
About: Describing what it was like to grow up in 1960s America, the author uses her childhood proximity to, and her father's involvement with, Cape Canaveral and the space program as the anchor for her family's struggles.
About: Describing what it was like to grow up in 1960s America, the author uses her childhood proximity to, and her father's involvement with, Cape Canaveral and the space program as the anchor for her family's struggles.
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