Full Product Details
Author: Tristine Rainer
Publisher: Tarcher/Putnam,US
Imprint: Tarcher/Putnam,US
Dimensions:
Width: 15.40cm
, Height: 2.60cm
, Length: 22.80cm
Weight: 0.376kg
ISBN: 9780874779226
ISBN 10: 0874779227
Pages: 368
Publication Date: 13 April 1998
Audience:
General/trade
,
General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Inactive
Availability: Awaiting stock
Reviews
A compelling sourcebook for all writers interested in putting their life stories down on paper . . . at once encouraging, forceful, and thoroughly convincing. <br> --Booklist<br><br> Your Life as Story is like a French dessert: rich and luscious, to be slowly devoured and savored for all it offers. <br> --Writers Connection<br><br> A book both practical and inspiring. Rainer knows how to shape autobiography into art, and she shares this knowledge with clairty, enthusiasm, and a knack for choosing writers' words that best illustrate her point. <br> --Bernard Cooper, personal essayist and memoirist, author of Maps to Anywhere and Truth Serum Memoirs
A compelling sourcebook for all writers interested in putting their life stories down on paper . . . at once encouraging, forceful, and thoroughly convincing. --Booklist Your Life as Story is like a French dessert: rich and luscious, to be slowly devoured and savored for all it offers. --Writers Connection A book both practical and inspiring. Rainer knows how to shape autobiography into art, and she shares this knowledge with clairty, enthusiasm, and a knack for choosing writers' words that best illustrate her point. --Bernard Cooper, personal essayist and memoirist, author of Maps to Anywhere and Truth Serum Memoirs
A compelling sourcebook for all writers interested in putting their life stories down on paper . . . at once encouraging, forceful, and thoroughly convincing. <br> --Booklist<br><br> Your Life as Story is like a French dessert: rich and luscious, to be slowly devoured and savored for all it offers. <br> --Writers Connection<br><br> A book both practical and inspiring. Rainer knows how to shape autobiography into art, and she shares this knowledge with clairty, enthusiasm, and a knack for choosing writers'' words that best illustrate her point. <br> --Bernard Cooper, personal essayist and memoirist, author of Maps to Anywhere and Truth Serum Memoirs
A compelling sourcebook for all writers interested in putting their life stories down on paper . . . at once encouraging, forceful, and thoroughly convincing. <b>Booklist</b> <b>Your Life as Story</b> is like a French dessert: rich and luscious, to be slowly devoured and savored for all it offers. <b>Writers Connection</b> A book both practical and inspiring. Rainer knows how to shape autobiography into art, and she shares this knowledge with clairty, enthusiasm, and a knack for choosing writers' words that best illustrate her point. Bernard Cooper, personal essayist and memoirist, author of <b>Maps to Anywhere</b> and <b>Truth Serum Memoirs</b></p></p>
Author Information
Tristine Rainer is the director of the Center for Autobiographic Studies in Pasadena, California. She teaches autobiographic writing at the University of California Los Angeles and at the University of Southern California.
