44 Things: A Year of Writing Life at Home

44 Things: A Year of Writing Life at Home

by KirstyGunn (Author)

Synopsis

'44 Things is a response to the life that goes on around me as I live and work with my family at home...Forty four pieces of different kinds of writing that have one thing in common - they are written by this woman, me, who lives at this time in her life fully and imaginatively sustained by what goes on in her domestic world.'Kirsty Gunn In 44 Things, Kirsty Gunn celebrates her home and her family. This bedside book is a mosaic of personal reflections written over the course of one year in moments stolen from the vibrant and chaotic world that inspired them. In these forty-four pieces - one for each year of her life - Kirsty Gunn shares her most cherished moments in a unique and inspiring work.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 352
Edition: Main
Publisher: Atlantic Books
Published: 08 Mar 2007

ISBN 10: 1843545527
ISBN 13: 9781843545521
Book Overview: A distinguished literary novelist celebrates marriage, friendship and motherhood in this rich and breathtakingly intimate treasury of stories, essays, poems and letters.

Media Reviews
'The writing is magic. I felt joy at every word.' John Carey '44 Things is a response to the life that goes on around me as I live and work with my family at home... Forty four pieces of different kinds of writing that have one thing in common - they are written by this woman, me, who lives at this time in her life fully and imaginatively sustained by what goes on in her domestic world.' Kirsty Gunn
Author Bio

Kirsty Gunn is the author of five previous novels: The Boy and the Sea, Featherstone, Rain, The
Keepsake and This Place You Return to is Home. She lives with her family in London and Scotland.