num_pages: 182
description: People are constantly asking two-time Newbery Medalist Lois Lowry where she gets her ideas. In this fascinating memoir, Lowry answers this question, through recollections of childhood friends and pictures and memories that explore her rich family history. She recounts the pivotal moments that inspired her writing, describing how they magically turned into fiction along the complicated passageway called life. Lowry fans, as well as anyone interested in understanding the process of writing fiction, will benefit from this poignant trip through the past and the present of a remarkable writer.
language: English
title: Looking Back: A Book of Memories
titlecomplete: Looking Back: A Book of Memories
genres: Autobiography, History, Childrens, Photography, Biography Memoir, Middle Grade, Biography, Writing, Memoir, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 884
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Vermont Golden Dome Book Award
publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers