Wife Daughter Self: A Memoir in Essays

Wife Daughter Self investigates identity and the writing life through the perspective of one of the nation's top memoir teachers and critics.

Curiously, inventively, Beth Kephart reflects on the iterative, composite self in her new memoir--traveling to lakes and rivers, New Mexico and Mexico, the icy waters of Alaska and a hot-air balloon launch in search of understanding. She is accompanied, often, by her Salvadoran-artist husband. She spends time, a lot of time, with her widowed father. As she looks at them she ponders herself and comes to terms with the person she is still becoming. At once sweeping and intimate, Wife Daughter Self is a memoir built of interlocking essays by an acclaimed author, teacher, and critic.

Author: Beth Kephart
Publisher: Forest Avenue Press
Published: 03/02/2021
Pages: 264
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.85lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.90d
ISBN: 9781942436447

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 02/01/2021 pg. 13
Foreword 02/22/2021