Scratched : a memoir of perfectionism
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020].
Format
Book
Edition
First Edition.
ISBN
9780062410375, 0062410377
Physical Desc
227 pages ; 22 cm.
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Location | Call Number | Status |
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Bernards Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 813.54 TALLENT TAL | Available |
Chatham Borough-Chatham Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 813.54 TAL | Available |
Hunterdon County Library Headquarters - Adult Nonfiction - Biography | B TALLENT | Available |
Randolph Township Library - Adult Nonfiction | 813.54 TAL | Available |
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Published
New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, [2020].
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780062410375, 0062410377
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"Scratched" is an intimate account of the uses a child, and the adult she becomes, will find for perfectionism and the role it will play in every part of her life. Elizabeth Tallent's story begins in a hospital in mid-1950s suburban Washington, D.C., when her mother refuses to hold her newborn daughter, shocking behavior that baffles the nurses. Imagining her own mother's perfectionist ideal at this critical moment, Elizabeth moves back and forth in time, juxtaposing moments in the past with the present in this innovative and spellbinding narrative. Elizabeth traces her journey from her early years in which she perceived herself as "the child whose flaws let disaster into an otherwise perfect family," to her adulthood, when perfectionism came to affect everything. In the decade between 27 and 37, she publishes five literary books with Knopf and her short stories appear in The New Yorker. But this extraordinary start to her career is followed by twenty-two years of silence. She wrote, or rather published, nothing at all. Why? "Scratched" is the remarkable response to that question.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Tallent, E. (2020). Scratched: a memoir of perfectionism (First Edition.). Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tallent, Elizabeth, 1954-. 2020. Scratched: A Memoir of Perfectionism. Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Tallent, Elizabeth, 1954-. Scratched: A Memoir of Perfectionism Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Tallent, Elizabeth. Scratched: A Memoir of Perfectionism First Edition., Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, 2020.
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