Rain on a Strange Roof
A Southern Literary Memoir
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, Death & Dying, Entertainment, Drama, Anthologies, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Jan Whitt | ISBN: | 9780761858300 |
| Publisher: | Hamilton Books | Publication: | March 22, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Hamilton Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Jan Whitt |
| ISBN: | 9780761858300 |
| Publisher: | Hamilton Books |
| Publication: | March 22, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Hamilton Books |
| Language: | English |
A scholar of Southern literature and culture, Jan Whitt has written a personal narrative about adoption, childhood abuse, and fifty years of searching for her family in rural Appalachia. A testament to the power of love and the resilience of the human spirit, Rain on a Strange Roof unflinchingly explores death and loss at the same time that it celebrates the transformative power of love and literature. An award-winning professor, Whitt teaches courses in American and British literature, literary journalism, media, and women’s studies.
Quoting from films, novels, and short stories about the American South, Whitt weaves a narrative about the necessity for human connection and the desire for home.
A scholar of Southern literature and culture, Jan Whitt has written a personal narrative about adoption, childhood abuse, and fifty years of searching for her family in rural Appalachia. A testament to the power of love and the resilience of the human spirit, Rain on a Strange Roof unflinchingly explores death and loss at the same time that it celebrates the transformative power of love and literature. An award-winning professor, Whitt teaches courses in American and British literature, literary journalism, media, and women’s studies.
Quoting from films, novels, and short stories about the American South, Whitt weaves a narrative about the necessity for human connection and the desire for home.
