Tag Archives: Annie Dillard

Top Ten Tuesday: The Ten Best Books I’ve Read So Far This Year

May 15, 2012

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Top Ten Tuesday is an original feature/weekly meme created at The Broke and the Bookish. This week’s Top Ten Tuesday was originally supposed to be “Top Ten Authors I’d Like To See On A Reality Show,” but then some feedback about its difficulty made Jamie give us a Freebie Week, as well. Thank goodness, because–and […]

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Book review: An American Childhood by Annie Dillard

May 28, 2011

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An American Childhood by Annie Dillard Memoir Harper Perennial, 2008 Paperback 272 pages An American Childhood, first published in 1987, is Annie Dillard’s memoir of growing up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the 1950’s.  Dillard had a pretty idyllic childhood, her family being relatively privileged and living in the more privileged neighborhoods in Pittsburgh.  She recalls with […]

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