Orphans
Subtitle: real and imaginary
By: Eileen Simpson.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson; Grove/Atlantic, Incorporated
Published: 1987
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 259
Subjects: Simpson, Eileen B.; Orphans -- United States -- Biography.; Orphans.; Orphans in literature.
Genres: Biography.
Description: A personal memoir and a brilliant foray into cultural history. It combines author's recollections with a series of perceptive essays about the nature of orphanhood ... illuminates from the inside ...
Notes: Bibliography: p. 253-259.