Bibliograph

When all the world was young, a memoir, Barbara Holland

Type

Label

When all the world was young, a memoir, Barbara Holland

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

When all the world was young

Medium

electronic resource

Nature of contents

dictionaries

Oclc number

698445132

Responsibility statement

Barbara Holland

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

In a memoir of growing up in Washington, D.C., during the 1940s and 1950s, the author of "Gentleman's Blood" and "Hail to the Chiefs" gives a sharp-eyed look at history, as well as insights into her own life

Table Of Contents

In which the chairs & domestic habits of fathers are explored, & Nick is born -- In which mothers & their duties are considered & contrasted with the peculiarities of my own -- My education begins inauspiciously, & we travel to Florida -- School & I struggle with each other, plus hard times with the Old Testament -- In which the behavior of fathers is further elucidated, & a sister joins us -- Of war & other merry pastimes -- In which Mother contributes to the war effort -- The mountain : a pastoral digression -- The long dark night of junior high school -- From which I am rescued in the nick of time -- Mother returns to duty, plus considerations of sex & babies -- Mother finds a way & Grandmother rebuffs Senator McCarthy -- An embarrassing episode in which Gloria & I set forth on our travels & come back again -- Being a treatise on the origins & uses of aunts -- Continuing education -- Everyone leaves, everything changes -- I fail to make sense of normal life & fall into confusion -- My travels on the bottom of the lake -- In which I am saved again & live happily ever after -- That's all?

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