02979cam a2200613 4500 616767753 TxAuBib 20230125120000.0 ||||||s2022||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781496233226 1496233220 B09VKHZMP5 Amazon 68aa45b4-d05e-47e5-b6cb-a19302730e01 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 9098977 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Christman, Jill. If This Were Fiction [Libby] : A Love Story in Essays. Nebraska, 2022. cave. Jungle. Central America. creative writing. mother. love story. fiance. Short Stories. memory. essay. grief. volcano. story collection. essay collection. violence against women. car accident. memoir. literature. mourning. Wife. teacher. gun violence. sexual trauma. literary nonfiction. Writher. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 834kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Biography & Autobiography. Nonfiction. HTML:<i>If This Were Fiction</i> is a love story—for Jill Christman's long-ago fiancé, who died young in a car accident; for her children; for her husband, Mark; and ultimately, for herself. In this collection, Christman takes on the wide range of situations and landscapes she encountered on her journey from wild child through wounded teen to mother, teacher, writer, and wife. In these pages there are fatal accidents and miraculous births; a grief pilgrimage that takes Christman to jungles, volcanoes, and caves in Central America; and meditations on everything from sexual trauma and the more benign accidents of childhood to gun violence, indoor cycling, unlikely romance, and even a ghost or two.<br /> Playing like a lively mixtape in both subject and style, <i>If This Were Fiction</i> focuses an open-hearted, frequently funny, clear-eyed feminist lens on Christman's first fifty years and sends out a message of love, power, and hope. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-01-24 20:00:03. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=68aa45b4-d05e-47e5-b6cb-a19302730e01&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=68aa45b4-d05e-47e5-b6cb-a19302730e01&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=68aa45b4-d05e-47e5-b6cb-a19302730e01&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)