num_pages: 256
description: At once a memoir of an exotic life, a meditation on the art and craft of writing, and a brilliant examination of the always complex relationship between fiction and life, Lynn Freed’s critically acclaimed Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home surprises, instructs, and delights. With “dark and comforting wisdom” (Anne Lamott) and “great intellectual and emotional range” (Diane Johnson), Freed tears off all fictional disguises and exposes the human being behind the artist. A must-read for writers, readers, and anyone engaged in literature, Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home is destined to be a classic in the field of writing about writing.
language: English
title: Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home: Life on the Page
titlecomplete: Reading, Writing, and Leaving Home: Life on the Page
genres: Crafts, Memoir, Essays, Biography Memoir, Writing, Biography, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 165
publisher: Mariner Books