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The Blessing: A Memoir
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Gregory Orr
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Council Oaks Distribution
Publication date
March 1, 2004
Pages
256
Binding
Paperback
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9781571781413
ISBN-10
1571781412
Dimensions
0.50 by 5.25 by 8.25 in.
Weight
0.60 lbs.
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Out of Print
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$14.95
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"The inadvertent shooting death of his brother by poet Orr gives this memoir a god-awful specific gravity and spurs the author's search for ways to live onâ¦Here, the old and new meanings of 'blessing' - to sprinkle with blood, to confer spiritual power - harrowingly collide." - Kirkus Review
Editions
Hardcover
from Council Oaks Distribution (August 1, 2002)
9781571781116 | details & prices | 256 pages | 5.75 × 8.75 × 1.00 in. | 0.90 lbs | List price $24.95
About: The author describes how he accidentally shot and killed his brother at the age of twelve, the failure of his parents to help him through his grief and despair, and how his discovery of poetry helped to rescue and sustain him.
About: The author describes how he accidentally shot and killed his brother at the age of twelve, the failure of his parents to help him through his grief and despair, and how his discovery of poetry helped to rescue and sustain him.
Paperback
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from Council Oaks Distribution (March 1, 2004)
9781571781413 | details & prices | 256 pages | 5.25 × 8.25 × 0.50 in. | 0.60 lbs | List price $14.95
About: "The inadvertent shooting death of his brother by poet Orr gives this memoir a god-awful specific gravity and spurs the author's search for ways to live onâ¦Here, the old and new meanings of 'blessing' - to sprinkle with blood, to confer spiritual power - harrowingly collide.
About: "The inadvertent shooting death of his brother by poet Orr gives this memoir a god-awful specific gravity and spurs the author's search for ways to live onâ¦Here, the old and new meanings of 'blessing' - to sprinkle with blood, to confer spiritual power - harrowingly collide.
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