Late migrations a natural history of love and loss

"Growing up in Alabama, Renkl was a devoted reader, an explorer of riverbeds and red-dirt roads, and a fiercely loved daughter. Here, in brief essays, she traces a tender and honest portrait of her complicated parents--her exuberant, creative mother; her steady, supportive father--and of the bi...

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Main Author: Renkl, Margaret (Author)
Other Authors: Renkl, Billy (Illustrator)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Minneapolis : Milkweed Editions, 2019.
Edition: First edition.
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Summary: "Growing up in Alabama, Renkl was a devoted reader, an explorer of riverbeds and red-dirt roads, and a fiercely loved daughter. Here, in brief essays, she traces a tender and honest portrait of her complicated parents--her exuberant, creative mother; her steady, supportive father--and of the bittersweet moments that accompany a child's transition to caregiver.--
Physical Description: 231 pages : color illustrations, genealogical table ; 23 cm
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-225).
ISBN: 9781571313782
1571313788
Author Notes: Margaret Renkl is a contributing opinion writer for The New York Times , where her essays appear weekly. Her work has also appeared in Guernica , Literary Hub , Proximity , and River Teeth , among others. She was the founding editor of Chapter 16 , the daily literary publication of Humanities Tennessee, and is a graduate of Auburn University and the University of South Carolina. She lives in Nashville.