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Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons, and the Search for a Room
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Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons, and the Search for a Room of My Own Hardback - 2004

by Patricia Williams

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"Open House" strings together a delightful array of observations, reminiscences, anecdotes and commentaries by renowned columnist Patricia Williams. Written with her trademark wit and insight, she relates stories about the many facets of her life - as a lawyer, scholar, writer, African-American, descendant of slaves, mother, and single, fifty-something woman - always aware of the ironies inherent in situations when her many identities don't conform to societal expectations. She tells us of her Great Aunt Mary, who crossed the color line one day, while boarding a train; about her Best White Friend, who believes that the only thing standing between the author and an eligible husband is a make-over; about the day she and her family learned how to eat watermelon without fear of racial judgment; and about why she worships Oprah. She also tackles serious subjects, such as cloning and the legacy of slavery and privacy issues in the cyberage, all with her characteristic sparkling humor and originality. Always provocative, never didactic, "Open House" is an entertaining journey through the rooms of Pat Williams' imagination.

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  • Title Open House: Of Family, Friends, Food, Piano Lessons, and the Search for a Room of My Own
  • Author Patricia Williams
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition First Edition
  • Pages 272
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Farrar Straus Giroux, NY
  • Publication date 2004-11
  • ISBN 9780374114077 / 0374114072
  • Weight 0.92 lbs (0.42 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.18 x 6.02 x 0.94 in (20.78 x 15.29 x 2.39 cm)
  • Category Biography / Autobiography
  • Library of Congress subjects Journalists - United States, African American women journalists
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2004004925
  • Dewey Decimal Code B
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