Only child
Subtitle: writers on the singular joys and solitary sorrows of growing up solo
By: edited by Deborah Siegel and Daphne Uviller.
Contributors: Siegel, Deborah.; Uviller, Daphne.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harmony Books
Published: 2006
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780307238061
Subjects: Only child
Description: "Twenty-one acclaimed writers tell the truth about life without siblings--the bliss of solitude, the ache of loneliness, and everything in between. They reflect on the single, transforming episode that defined each of them as an only child. For some it came while lurking around the edges of a friend's boisterous family, longing to be part of the chaos. For others, it came in sterile hospital halls, while single-handedly caring for a parent with cancer. They write about the parents who raised them, from the devoted to the dismissive. They describe what it's like to be an only child of divorce, an only because of the death of a sibling, an only who reveled in it or an only who didn't.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress
Table of contents: title: Introduction : onlies, connect; title: Singular sensations : childhood; title: The hotline / Alissa Quart; title: Postcards to myself / Peter Terzian; title: I am my own grandpa / Molly Jong-Fast; title: Imaginary enemies / Sarah Towers; title: Air only / Ted Rose; title: Becoming an only child / Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn; title: We are...family : significant others and friends; title: Triangulation : a love story / Deborah Siegel; title: Laundry distance / Lynn Harris; title: Odd numbers / Thomas Beller; title: Separation and the single girl / Sara Reistad-Long; title: Blood of my blood / Rebecca Walker; title: Dodging Laurie / Daphne Uviller; title: A sib for junior? : parenting; title: Letter to my second child / John Hodgman; title: My Jane / Peter Ho Davies; title: Succumbing to two / Amy Richards; title: Mother of two / Janice Nimura; title: Minority report / Judith Thurman; title: Still only after all these years : tables turned; title: The forest of memory / Kathryn Harrison; title: A pair of onlys / Alysia Abbott; title: You're it / Betty Rollin; title: New Year's Eve, 1997 / Teller.; title: Peter Terzian; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller -- Sara Reistad-Long; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller -- Sara Reistad-Long -- Rebecca Walker; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller -- Sara Reistad-Long -- Rebecca Walker -- Daphne Uviller; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller -- Sara Reistad-Long -- Rebecca Walker -- Daphne Uviller; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller -- Sara Reistad-Long -- Rebecca Walker -- Daphne Uviller -- John Hodgman; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller -- Sara Reistad-Long -- Rebecca Walker -- Daphne Uviller -- John Hodgman -- Peter Ho Davies; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller -- Sara Reistad-Long -- Rebecca Walker -- Daphne Uviller -- John Hodgman -- Peter Ho Davies -- Amy Richards; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller -- Sara Reistad-Long -- Rebecca Walker -- Daphne Uviller -- John Hodgman -- Peter Ho Davies -- Amy Richards -- Janice Nimura; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller -- Sara Reistad-Long -- Rebecca Walker -- Daphne Uviller -- John Hodgman -- Peter Ho Davies -- Amy Richards -- Janice Nimura -- Judith Thurman; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller -- Sara Reistad-Long -- Rebecca Walker -- Daphne Uviller -- John Hodgman -- Peter Ho Davies -- Amy Richards -- Janice Nimura -- Judith Thurman; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller -- Sara Reistad-Long -- Rebecca Walker -- Daphne Uviller -- John Hodgman -- Peter Ho Davies -- Amy Richards -- Janice Nimura -- Judith Thurman -- Kathryn Harrison; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller -- Sara Reistad-Long -- Rebecca Walker -- Daphne Uviller -- John Hodgman -- Peter Ho Davies -- Amy Richards -- Janice Nimura -- Judith Thurman -- Kathryn Harrison -- Alysia Abbott; title: Peter Terzian -- Molly Jong-Fast -- Sarah Towers -- Ted Rose -- Alissa Quart -- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- Deborah Siegel -- Lynn Harris -- Thomas Beller -- Sara Reistad-Long -- Rebecca Walker -- Daphne Uviller -- John Hodgman -- Peter Ho Davies -- Amy Richards -- Janice Nimura -- Judith Thurman -- Kathryn Harrison -- Alysia Abbott -- Betty Rollin; title: Peter Terzian-- Molly Jong-Fast-- Sarah Towers-- Ted Rose-- Alissa Quart-- Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn-- Deborah Siegel-- Lynn Harris-- Thomas Beller-- Sara Reistad-Long-- Rebecca Walker-- Daphne Uviller-- John Hodgman-- Peter Ho Davies-- Amy Richards-- Janice Nimura-- Judith Thurman-- Kathryn Harrison-- Alysia Abbott-- Betty Rollin-- Teller.