Surrender (But Don't Give Yourself Away : Old Cars, Found Hope, and Other Cheap Tricks (1ST)

Surrender (But Don't Give Yourself Away : Old Cars, Found Hope, and Other Cheap Tricks (1ST)

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  • 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版/ページ数 191 p.
  • 言語 ENG
  • 商品コード 9780292728509
  • DDC分類 814.6

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Spike Gillespie tells it like it is. Whether she's writing about men, mothering or money, she cuts to the chase, unabashedly recounting the exhilaration and uncertainty she is forever encountering along the odd path that is her life. Gillespie approaches her subjects with a keen eye for curious details and a readiness to ask hard questions and give honest, even brutal, answers. Her willingness to "put it all down - the painful, the funny, the mundane, the embarrassing" has won legions of readers for her print and online columns."Surrender (But Don't Give Yourself Away)" collects forty-six essays, which initially appeared in such publications as the "Washington Post", "Austin Chronicle", "Dallas Morning News", "Bust", "Gargoyle", and thecommonspace.org. As Gillespie describes them, "There are odes to my good days and bad, to trips I've taken - both real and metaphorical, to holiness found in unexpected places, to men I have not slept with, to learning to live sober. Too, there are miscellaneous ruminations on my alter-ego, my inner-teen, the floor mat in my car, a dead squirrel in the road."Binding these pieces is the thread of hope: there are moments the thread slips out of view only to resurface in some unexpected location. Sometimes it takes awhile, but Gillespie always relocates hope, discovering even in her darkest times that life is full of an embarrassment of riches.

Contents

Acknowledgments; Introduction1 Driving ForcesBreaking UpHope FoundKnoxville, TennesseeRemember the Woolworth'sRoad TripHollywood2 Where We Find GodEaster SundaysBroken MirrorsMs. BSummerThe Magic Year3 To Have And Have Not (Work/Money)Write OnHere Kitty, KittyBroke.ComCalendar GirlMoney4 FoodLunch StorySeasonal Affective Cheesecake5 Sobering ThoughtsSt. LouisVisiting JamesZen and the Art of Not DrinkingMom6 HistoryMary, Mary, So ContrarySay Don't Stop to Punk RockThe Bumbershoot WaltzStop Making Sense7 Men I Have Not Slept WithUncle TonyRobertRossBobMr. HayashiNeil Diamond and MeFred8 TexasThe Dabbs HotelCzech StopBarney SmithJohn KargerWax Hand9 Exploring Me, Me, MeSpike: The MagazineJog Bra AvengerWarnings to My Thirteen-Year-Old SelfCan I Help You? Please?!Me: MotherLove Hurts But Pain Hurts Worse10 What Love CommandsLosing Faith, Finding HopeCrush