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Specimen Personal Essays

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Publisher's Synopsis

A father rollerblading to church in his ministerial robes, a university student in a leotard sprinting through fog, a trespass notice from Pak'nSave, a beautiful unborn goat in a jar . . .In scenarios ranging from the mundane to the surreal, Madison Hamill looks back at her younger selves with a sharp eye. Was she good or evil? Ignorant or enlightened? What parts of herself did she give up in order to forge ahead in school, church, work, and relationships, with a self that made sense to others?

With wit and intelligence, these shape-shifting essays probe the ways in which a person's inner and outer worlds intersect and submit to one another. It is a brilliantly discomfiting, vivid and funny collection in which peace is found in the weirdest moments.

Book information

ISBN: 9781776563012
Publisher: Te Herenga Waka University Press
Imprint: Te Herenga Waka University Press
Pub date:
DEWEY: 824.3
DEWEY edition: 23
Language: English
Number of pages: 231
Weight: 314g
Height: 217mm
Width: 237mm
Spine width: 21mm