Greyhound: A Memoir - Paperback

Name: Greyhound: A Memoir - Paperback
Brand: BooksCloud
SKU: 9781593768010
Price: 18.95 USD
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by Joanna Pocock

$18.95

Book Overview

Finalist for the NBCC Award for Criticism

Combining history, reportage, and nature writing with intimate moments of reflection, Greyhound tells of the journey from miscarriage to parenthood, and the purpose creativity gives to our lives when we feel purposeless

In 2006, in the wake of several miscarriages, Joanna Pocock traveled by Greyhound bus across the United States from Detroit to Los Angeles. Seventeen years later, she undertakes the same journey, revisiting the cities, edgelands, highways, and motels in the footsteps of the few women writers--Simone de Beauvoir, Ethel Mannin, and Irma Kurtz--who also chronicled their road trips across the United States. Combining memoir, reportage, environmental writing, and literary criticism, Greyhound is a moving and immersive book that captures an America in the throes of late capitalism with all its beauty, horror, and complexity.

ISBN	9781593768010
Author	Joanna Pocock
Publisher	Soft Skull
Genre	Biography, Relationships, and Travel
Format	Paperback
Published	August 2025
Language	ENG- English
Pages	400
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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