The Beans of Egypt, Maine (1986) by Carolyn Chute tells the story of a poor, uneducated family from the backwoods of Maine.
In Ursula Hegi's novel The Salt Dancers (1985) forty-one-year-old Julia, haunted by memories of her abusive father and the mother who abandoned her, returns home to see her father after twenty-three years.
Unmarried and pregnant, Julia believes she must come to terms with her past in order to nurture her own child.
One or Two Things I Know for Sure (1995) is Dorothy Allison's memoir of her family and childhood. The text draws on a spoken word performance.....
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