Rain on a Strange Roof: A Southern Literary Memoir

By Jan Whitt

Book Overview

A scholar of Southern literature and culture, Jan Whitt has written a personal narrative about adoption, childhood abuse, and fifty years of searching for her family in rural Appalachia. This book unflinchingly explores death and loss at the same time that it celebrates the transformative power of love and literature.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761858296
• ISBN13: 9780761858294
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Hamilton Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher