SUCH A LIFE by MARTIN, LEE - 03/01/2012

University of Nebraska Press. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 2012. Paperback. Very Good. Clean and bright; no owners' marks; there is a small chip at the spine head and a light tap and wrinkle at the heel, otherwise excellent.

University of Nebraska Press. New. BRAND NEW, GIFT QUALITY! NOT OVERSTOCKS OR MARKED UP REMAINDERS! DIRECT FROM THE PUBLISHER!

University of Nebraska Press, 2012-03-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Univ of Nebraska Pr, 2012. Paperback. New. 232 pages. 8.75x5.25x0.75 inches.

Univ of Nebraska Pr, 2012. Paperback. New. 232 pages. 8.75x5.25x0.75 inches.

Paperback / softback. New. Lee Martin tells us in his memoir, "I was never meant to come along. My parents married late. My father was thirty-eight, my mother forty-one. When he found out she was pregnant, he asked the doctor, 'Can you get rid of it?'" From such an inauspicious beginning, Martin began collecting impressions that, through the tincture of time and the magic of his narrative gift, have become the finely wrought pieces of Such a Life. Whether recounting the observations of a solemn child, understood only much later, or exploring the intricacies of neighborhood politics at middle age, Martin offers us a richly detailed, highly personal view that effortlessly expands to illuminate our world. At a tender age Martin moved to a new level of complexity, of negotiating silences and sadness, when his father lost both of his hands in a farming accident. His stories of youth (from a first kiss to a first hangover) and his reflections on age (as a vegan… Read More