The Resource Saturday's child : a daughter's memoir, Deborah Burns
Saturday's child : a daughter's memoir, Deborah Burns
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- Summary
- "An only child, Deborah Burns grew up in prim 1950s America in the shadow of her beautiful, unconventional, rule-breaking mother, Dorothy--a red-haired beauty who looked like Rita Hayworth and skirted norms with a style and flare that made her the darling of men and women alike. As a child, Deborah revered her charismatic mother--but Dorothy was a woman full of secrets with a troubled past, a mistress of illusion whose love seemed just out of her daughter's grasp. In vivid, lyrical prose, Saturday's Child tells the story of Deborah's eccentric upbringing and her quest in midlife, long after her parents' death, to uncover the truth about her mother and their complex relationship. Still caught in a wrenching cycle of love and longing ,Deborah must confront the reality of her mother's legacy--and finally claim her own"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 253 pages
- Note
- Includes a reading group guide
- Isbn
- 9781631525476
- Label
- Saturday's child : a daughter's memoir
- Title
- Saturday's child
- Title remainder
- a daughter's memoir
- Statement of responsibility
- Deborah Burns
- Title variation
- Saturdays child
- Title variation remainder
- a daughters memoir
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "An only child, Deborah Burns grew up in prim 1950s America in the shadow of her beautiful, unconventional, rule-breaking mother, Dorothy--a red-haired beauty who looked like Rita Hayworth and skirted norms with a style and flare that made her the darling of men and women alike. As a child, Deborah revered her charismatic mother--but Dorothy was a woman full of secrets with a troubled past, a mistress of illusion whose love seemed just out of her daughter's grasp. In vivid, lyrical prose, Saturday's Child tells the story of Deborah's eccentric upbringing and her quest in midlife, long after her parents' death, to uncover the truth about her mother and their complex relationship. Still caught in a wrenching cycle of love and longing ,Deborah must confront the reality of her mother's legacy--and finally claim her own"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Biography type
- autobiography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 10772045
- Cataloging source
- CPP
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Burns, Deborah
- Dewey number
- 306.874/3
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- HQ755.85
- LC item number
- .B87267 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Burns, Deborah
- Mothers and daughters
- Businesswomen
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General
- Target audience
- general
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- a daughter's memoir
- Label
- Saturday's child : a daughter's memoir, Deborah Burns
- Note
- Includes a reading group guide
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1091235407
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631525476
- Lccn
- 2018958411
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1091235407
- Label
- Saturday's child : a daughter's memoir, Deborah Burns
- Note
- Includes a reading group guide
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1091235407
- Dimensions
- 22 cm
- Extent
- 253 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631525476
- Lccn
- 2018958411
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1091235407
Subject
- Burns, Deborah -- Family relationships
- Businesswomen -- Biography
- trueChild neglect
- FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / General
- trueFamily relationships
- trueGrowing up
- trueIdentity (Psychology)
- trueIndependence in women
- trueMothers and daughters
- trueWomen authors
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Personal Memoirs
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