You don't have to say you love me : a memoir
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Indian Prairie Public Library District - 1st FloorLARGE TYPE BIOGRAPHY ALEXIE SHERMANOn Shelf
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Downers Grove Public Library - 2nd Floor - AdultLARGE TYPE BIOGRAPHY ALEXIE, S.On Shelf
Grande Prairie Public Library District - StacksLT 921 ALEXIEOn Shelf
Hinsdale Public Library - StacksLARGE PRINT BIOGRAPHY ALEXIE, S.On Shelf
La Grange Public Library - StacksLT ALEXIE, SHERMANOn Shelf
Maywood Public Library District - 1st FloorLT 921 ALEXIEOn Shelf
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Published
New York : Little, Brown and Company, 2017.
Format
Large Print
Physical Desc
613 pages (large print) ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780316396776, 031639677X

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Presents a literary memoir of poems, essays, and intimate family photos that reflect on the author's complicated relationship with his mother and his disadvantaged childhood on a Native American reservation.
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"Family relationships are never simple. But Sherman Alexie's bond with his mother Lillian was more complex than most. She plunged her family into chaos with a drinking habit, but shed her addiction when it was on the brink of costing her everything. She survived a violent past, but created an elaborate facade to hide the truth. She selflessly cared for strangers, but was often incapable of showering her children with the affection that they so desperately craved. She wanted a better life for her son, but it was only by leaving her behind that he could hope to achieve it. It's these contradictions that made Lillian Alexie a beautiful, mercurial, abusive, intelligent, complicated, and very human woman. When she passed away, the incongruities that defined his mother shook Sherman and his remembrance of her. Grappling with the haunting ghosts of the past in the wake of loss, he responded the only way he knew how: he wrote. The result is a stunning memoir filled with raw, angry, funny, profane, tender memories of a childhood few can imagine, much less survive. An unflinching and unforgettable remembrance, YOU DON'T HAVE TO SAY YOU LOVE ME is a powerful, deeply felt account of a complicated relationship."--Publisher's description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Alexie, S. (2017). You don't have to say you love me: a memoir (First edition.). Little, Brown and Company.

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

Alexie, Sherman, 1966-. 2017. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir. Little, Brown and Company.

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

Alexie, Sherman, 1966-. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Alexie, Sherman. You Don't Have to Say You Love Me: A Memoir First edition., Little, Brown and Company, 2017.

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