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New York Times Notable Book
In this exquisite book of personal reflections on a woman's life as a child, wife, and mother, Kathryn Harrison, "a writer of extraordinary gifts" (Tobias Wolff), recalls episodes in her life, exploring how the experiences of childhood recur in memory, to be transformed and sometimes healed through the lives we lead as adults. At the heart of Seeking Rapture is the notion that a woman's journey is a continuous process of transformation, an ongoing transcendence and re-creation of self.
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"Poignant glimpses into the life of a survivor." Kirkus Reviews
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"It's her fierce devotion to her absent mother that gives this book its shimmering grace." Organic Style
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"Harrison remains a master of her craft, with musings that are lyrical, insightful, and haunting." Entertainment Weekly
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"With all due regard for her achievement as a novelist, Harrison appears Proust-like in another respect: She is her own truest subject, an unending wellspring of emotion and restless quest." Los Angeles Times
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"Seeking Rapture is the biography of a hungry heart....Affecting, beautifully crafted autobiographical meditations." The Boston Globe
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"Kathryn Harrison has challenged herself and won with her passionate, rigorous thinking on family bonds and family bondage, and the mysterious intersections of body and spirit." The New York Times Book Review
About the Author
Kathryn Harrison is the author of the novels The Seal Wife, The Binding Chair, Poison, Exposure, and Thicker Than Water. She has also written a memoir, The Kiss. Her personal essays, including some from the collection Seeking Rapture, have appeared in The New Yorker, Harpers magazine, and other publications. She lives in New York with her husband, the novelist Colin Harrison, and their children.
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