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The Resource Under magnolia : a southern memoir, Frances Mayes, (electronic resource)

Under magnolia : a southern memoir, Frances Mayes, (electronic resource)

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A lyrical and evocative memoir from Frances Mayes, the Bard of Tuscany, about coming of age in the Deep South and the region's powerful influence on her life. Frances Mayes revisits the turning points that defined her early years in Fitzgerald, Georgia. With her signature style and grace, Mayes explores the power of landscape, the idea of home, and the lasting force of a chaotic and loving family. From her years as a spirited, secretive child, through her university studies'a period of exquisite freedom that imbued her with a profound appreciation of friendship and a love of travel'to her escape to a new life in California, Mayes exuberantly recreates the intense relationships of her past, recounting the bitter and sweet stories of her complicated family: her beautiful yet fragile mother, Frankye; her unpredictable father, Garbert; Daddy Jack, whose life Garbert saved; grandmother Mother Mayes; and the family maid, Frances's confidant Willie Bell. Under Magnolia is a searingly honest, humorous, and moving ode to family and place, and a thoughtful meditation on the ways they define us, or cause us to define ourselves. With acute sensory language, Mayes relishes the sweetness of the South, the smells and tastes at her family table, the fragrance of her hometown trees, and writes an unforgettable story of a girl whose perspicacity and dawning self-knowledge lead her out of the South and into the rest of the world, and then to a profound return home
Language
eng
Work
Publication
Extent
1 online resource.
Note
  • Unabridged
  • Available to Vancouver Residents only
  • Residents of other municipalities should check their local library
Isbn
9780307885937
Link
http://vpl.lib.overdrive.com/3BF38A0D-C4B8-428E-838C-27E8FD160D30/10/50/en/ContentDetails.htm?id=0509C401-6F9C-4F99-9CEB-F2F5FCF3D45C
Instance
Label
Under magnolia : a southern memoir
Title
Under magnolia
Title remainder
a southern memoir
Statement of responsibility
Frances Mayes
Creator
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
A lyrical and evocative memoir from Frances Mayes, the Bard of Tuscany, about coming of age in the Deep South and the region's powerful influence on her life. Frances Mayes revisits the turning points that defined her early years in Fitzgerald, Georgia. With her signature style and grace, Mayes explores the power of landscape, the idea of home, and the lasting force of a chaotic and loving family. From her years as a spirited, secretive child, through her university studies'a period of exquisite freedom that imbued her with a profound appreciation of friendship and a love of travel'to her escape to a new life in California, Mayes exuberantly recreates the intense relationships of her past, recounting the bitter and sweet stories of her complicated family: her beautiful yet fragile mother, Frankye; her unpredictable father, Garbert; Daddy Jack, whose life Garbert saved; grandmother Mother Mayes; and the family maid, Frances's confidant Willie Bell. Under Magnolia is a searingly honest, humorous, and moving ode to family and place, and a thoughtful meditation on the ways they define us, or cause us to define ourselves. With acute sensory language, Mayes relishes the sweetness of the South, the smells and tastes at her family table, the fragrance of her hometown trees, and writes an unforgettable story of a girl whose perspicacity and dawning self-knowledge lead her out of the South and into the rest of the world, and then to a profound return home
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Mayes, Frances
Index
no index present
LC call number
PS3563.A956
Literary form
unknown
Nature of contents
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  • Mayes, Frances
  • Authors, American
  • Authors, American
Label
Under magnolia : a southern memoir, Frances Mayes, (electronic resource)
Link
http://vpl.lib.overdrive.com/3BF38A0D-C4B8-428E-838C-27E8FD160D30/10/50/en/ContentDetails.htm?id=0509C401-6F9C-4F99-9CEB-F2F5FCF3D45C
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • Unabridged
  • Available to Vancouver Residents only
  • Residents of other municipalities should check their local library
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780307885937
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Publisher number
EB00154492
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • 3786813
  • ocn869377782
  • (OCoLC)869377782
Label
Under magnolia : a southern memoir, Frances Mayes, (electronic resource)
Link
http://vpl.lib.overdrive.com/3BF38A0D-C4B8-428E-838C-27E8FD160D30/10/50/en/ContentDetails.htm?id=0509C401-6F9C-4F99-9CEB-F2F5FCF3D45C
Publication
Note
  • Unabridged
  • Available to Vancouver Residents only
  • Residents of other municipalities should check their local library
Antecedent source
unknown
Carrier category
online resource
Carrier category code
  • cr
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Content category
text
Content type code
  • txt
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Dimensions
unknown
Extent
1 online resource.
File format
unknown
Form of item
online
Isbn
9780307885937
Isbn Type
(electronic bk.)
Level of compression
unknown
Media category
computer
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • c
Publisher number
EB00154492
Quality assurance targets
not applicable
Reformatting quality
unknown
Sound
unknown sound
Specific material designation
remote
System control number
  • 3786813
  • ocn869377782
  • (OCoLC)869377782

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