{"product_id":"virginias-apple-collected-memoirs-paperback","title":"Virginia's Apple: Collected Memoirs - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJudith Barrington\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eOregon Book Award Winner of the Sarah Winnemucca Award for Creative Nonfiction \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eForeword INDIES Book of the Year Award Finalist - LGBTQ+\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fourteen literary memoirs collected in \u003ci\u003eVirginia's Apple\u003c\/i\u003e explore pivotal episodes across poet and writer Judith Barrington's life. Artfully crafted, each one stands alone yet they are linked--characters reappear and, taken together, the pieces create a larger narrative. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe content is wide-ranging: the early days of the Second Wave of feminism--the exhilaration, the wildness, the love affairs, the surprises, and the self-invention, as well as the confusion and conflicts of those heady times; navigating a sometimes precarious existence as an out lesbian long before it was commonplace; leaving England and becoming an American citizen; finding a life partner; and growing old with an inherited disability. The author's friendship with the distinguished poet Adrienne Rich is the subject of one story. In another, there's an appearance by the notorious murderer, Lord Lucan, whose wife was a chance acquaintance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese stories are laced with humor and joy, while pulsing below the surface is the slow unfolding of delayed grief over her parents' drowning when she was nineteen, revealing how such a loss can shape a life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJudith Barrington's \u003ci\u003eLifesaving: A Memoir \u003c\/i\u003ewas the winner of the Lambda Literary Award and a finalist for the PEN\/Martha Albrand Award for the Art of the Memoir. Memoirs in this collection were included in \u003ci\u003eCreative Nonfiction\u003c\/i\u003e's \"Favorite Prizewinning Essays\" and as Notable Literary Nonfiction in \u003ci\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/i\u003e. Barrington is also the author of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eWriting the Memoir: From Truth to Art\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Portland, Oregon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 234\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 8.9 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2024\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAward:\u003c\/strong\u003e Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (2024)\u003c\/div\u003e\n                ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49377973207192,"sku":"9781962645225","price":31.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0759\/8830\/4024\/files\/8K5ZAXKEb49781962645225.webp?v=1783051515","url":"https:\/\/thepinkflamingobooks.myshopify.com\/products\/virginias-apple-collected-memoirs-paperback","provider":"The Pink Flamingo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}