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Book

Notes to self : essays

Call Number

  • 824 P6491 (CEN, OSH)

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Edition

First U.S. edition.

Publication Information

New York : The Dial Press, [2019]

Physical Description

xvii, 167 pages : 21 cm

Summary

"In this debut, Emilie Pine speaks to the events that have marked her life--those emotional disruptions for which our society has no adequate language, at once bittersweet, clandestine, and ordinary. She writes with radical honesty on the unspeakable grief of infertility, on caring for an alcoholic parent, on taboos around female bodies and female pain, on sexual violence and violence against the self. This is the story of one woman, and of all women. Devastating, poignant, and wise--and joyful against the odds--Notes to Self is an exploration of what it feels like to be alive, and a daring act of rebellion against a society that is more comfortable with women's silence"--

Notes

"Originally published in Ireland and in slightly different form by Tramp Press in 2018"--Title page verso.

Contents

  • Notes on intemperance
  • From the baby years
  • Speaking/Not speaking
  • Notes on bleeding & other crimes
  • Something about me
  • This is not on the exam.

Subjects

Genres

Essays.