Blood : a memoir
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New York, NY : Da Capo Press, 2019.
Edition
First edition.
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xii, 300 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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In Processing - Adult Nonfiction
781.6409 MOORER 2019
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Sparks Library - Adult Nonfiction
781.6409 MOORER 2019
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Published
New York, NY : Da Capo Press, 2019.
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English

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The Grammy- and Academy Award- nominated singer-songwriter's haunting, lyrical memoir, sharing the story of an unthinkable act of violence and ultimate healing through art. Mobile, Alabama, 1986. A fourteen-year-old girl is awakened by the unmistakable sound of gunfire. On the front lawn, her father has shot and killed her mother before turning the gun on himself. Allison Moorer would grow up to be an award-winning musician, with her songs likened to "a Southern accent: eight miles an hour, deliberate, and very dangerous to underestimate" (Rolling Stone). But that moment, which forever altered her own life and that of her older sister, Shelby, has never been far from her thoughts. Now, in her journey to understand the unthinkable, to parse the unknowable, Allison uses her lyrical storytelling powers to lay bare the memories and impressions that make a family, and that tear a family apart. Blood delves into the meaning of inheritance and destiny, shame and trauma -- and how it is possible to carve out a safe place in the world despite it all. With a foreword by Allison's sister, Grammy winner Shelby Lynne, Blood reads like an intimate journal: vivid, haunting, and ultimately life-affirming.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Moorer, A. (2019). Blood: a memoir (First edition.). Da Capo Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Moorer, Allison. 2019. Blood: A Memoir. Da Capo Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Moorer, Allison. Blood: A Memoir Da Capo Press, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Moorer, Allison. Blood: A Memoir First edition., Da Capo Press, 2019.

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