Fierce Attachments
by Vivian Gornick
Taste attributes: biographydocumentarydramaslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticlinearenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationshiptroubled leadsempowerment/personal growth
Boxlist takeA grounded biography that is fresh, stirring and weighty. Best if you like real life over fantasy.
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Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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About This Book
Vivian Gornick's brave and deeply moving memoir is a tour de force, a book that dissects one of life's most complex, maddening and closely entwined alliances - the relationship between mother and daughter. Heralded as a landmark in American autobiography, Fierce Attachments probes the intimate, sometimes destructive family passions that can shape a woman's childhood - and change her life forever.
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- Author
- Vivian Gornick
- Published
- 1987
- Pages
- 203
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