Home: American Writers Remember Rooms of Their Own

In Home eighteen of our finest writers evoke different rooms--from their pasts their present or simply their imaginations--in order to investigate the ways in which homes contain our lives. The results are touching provocative and sometimes hilarious. And since a portion of the editors proceeds will go to organizations that help the homeless Home is really where the heart is. Contributors include: Lynda Barry Richard Bausch Tony Earley James Finn Garner Henry Louis Gates Jr. Allan Gurganus Colin Harrison Kathryn Harrison Gish Jen Karen Karbo Alex Kotlowitz Clint McCown Susan Power Esmeralda Santiago Mona Simpson Jane Smiley Sallie Tisdale and Bailey White.. . Unforgettable...These pages are filled with the kind of details that etch a childhood place into the deep recesses of memory that distinguish the sensual life of one family from another.--Los Angeles Times Book Review