Elizabeth Roper Marcus

Broschiertes Buch

Don't Say a Word

A Daughter's Two Cents

Beschreibung

When Elizabeth Marcus's tyrannical parents toss caution aside-along with everything she says-she struggles to make sense of their poignant, often hilarious plunge into old age in Mexico. Bizarre new friends appear; absurd disasters follow. Don't Say A Word! illuminates the maddening challenge of watching our parents' final decline, a challenge familiar to frazzled adult-children everywhere.

Autor

Elizabeth Marcus grew up in Manhattan, the only child of a dentist and a Macy's dress buyer, the Zeus and Hera of Apartment 2B. After escaping to Boston, she ran a small architectural office for 20 years, when she wasn't traveling to far-flung places with her psychiatrist husband and rambunctious children. Eventually, she decided to concentrate on writing, which allows her to pursue the many, quirky questions that fascinate her: Why are butterflies called 'butterflies'? Why can't she recall the taste of wines? Why are first-love memories so potent? Her essays have appeared in The New York Times and Boston Globe, on online sites like Cognoscenti, and in essay anthologies like Travelers' Tales. "Don't Say A Word!": A Daughter's Two Cents, in 90,571 Words is her first book. She posts essays related to the book at www.eLizWrites.com; she posts essays about everything else at www.archive.eLizWrites.com. She lives in Boston.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: She Writes Press
• Seitenzahl: 303
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 140mm x 28mm
• Gewicht: 431g
• ISBN-13: 9781647420529
• ISBN-10: 1647420520
• Artikelnr.: 59923952