The Details: On Love, Death and Reading

By: Tegan Bennett Daylight

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Synopsis: A book about the connections we form with literature and each other Tegan Bennett Daylight has led a life in books – as a writer, a teacher and a critic, but first and foremost as a reader. In this deeply insightful and intimate work, Daylight describes how her reading has nourished her life, and how life has informed her reading. In both, she shows us that it&’s the small points of connection – the details – that really matter: what we notice when someone close to us dies, when we give birth, when we make friends. In life&’s disasters and delights, the details are what we can share and compare and carry with us. Daylight writes with invigorating candour and compassion about her mother&’s last days; her own experiences of childbearing and its aftermath (in her celebrated essay &‘Vagina&’); her long admiration of Helen Garner and George Saunders; and her great loves and friendships. Each chapter is a revelation, and a celebration of how books offer not an escape from &‘real life&’ but a richer engagement with the business of living. The result is a work that will truly deepen your relationship with books, and with other readers. The delight is in the details. &‘An intimate and wise celebration of the joy and solace we find in books.&’ Books & Publishing

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781760855260
Related ISBNs:: 9781760855253
Publisher:: Simon & Schuster Australia
Date of Addition:: 07/08/20
Copyrighted By:: Tegan Bennett Daylight
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Literature and Fiction, Education, Language Arts
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.