THE BOOK Steven Harvey believes Thoreau was wrong when he called on us to simplify our lives. In this collection of honest, eloquent essays, Harvey delves into the richness and wonder of life in a nuclear family cut adrift from history and tradition. From the babble of babies to the idiosyncratic furnishings of a summer cottage, Harvey records the struggle of one family to create its own myths. He also deals with the longings, fears, and temptations that color life in an American family. Twice honored by the Associate Writing Program, Harvey's essays reveal the paradox that is the core of family life.
Every mother is a daughter and ever father a son.
A daughter leaves home as she becomes the apple of her parents' eyes, and a son grows into manhood by walking away from the father he resembles more each passing day. Harvey suggests that we take on and shed such roles with apparent ease, living according to a hidden geometry, and like the seemingly simple lily, our families are complex webs of beautiful, living matter. His work has been published in Harper's, Iowa Review, Beloit Poetry Journal, Georgia Review, Southern Review, and other literary magazines. Harvey lives in the mountains of north Georgia with his wife and four children. If you did not enter this site from our home page, click here.