In this Book
- On Homesickness: A Plea
- Book
- 2017
- Published by: West Virginia University Press
summary
One day, Jesse Donaldson wakes up in Portland, Oregon, and asks his wife to uproot their life together and move to his native Kentucky. As he searches for the reason behind this sudden urge, Donaldson examines both the place where he was born and the life he’s building.
The result is a hybrid—part memoir, part meditation on nostalgia, part catalog of Kentucky history and myth. Organized according to Kentucky geography, with one passage for each of the commonwealth’s 120 counties, On Homesickness examines whether we can ever return to the places we’ve called home.
Table of Contents
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- On Homesickness: A Plea
- pp. 2-244
- A Note on the Text
- pp. 245-246
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 247-249
- About the Author
- p. 250
Additional Information
ISBN
9781946684028
Related ISBN(s)
9781946684004
MARC Record
OCLC
1001412310
Pages
252
Launched on MUSE
2017-08-23
Language
English
Open Access
No