Grand : a memoir
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Adult Nonfiction - South Wing Main Floor
921 Schaefer
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921 Schaefer
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Book
Physical Desc
279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
Description
"When Sara Schaefer is in first grade, her father warns her to always tell the truth because one lie leads to another and soon you will find yourself in a hole you can't escape. A few years later, the Schaefer family is completely upended when it's revealed that their grand life is based on a lie. Her parents become pariahs in their upper middle class community and go from non-religious people to devout church members. The idea of good and evil as binary, opposed forces is drilled into Sara and it becomes the perfect framework on which to build her anxiety and increasingly-obsessive thoughts. The year she turns forty, Sara decides to take each member of her family on a one-on-one vacation culminating with a whitewater rafting journey through the Grand Canyon with her younger sister. The only problem is she's terrified of rafting. Along the way, she grapples with unresolved grief over the death of her mother and the family scandal that changed the trajectory of her life. Heartfelt, candid, and witty, Grand is a story about family, identity, and struggling to make something of yourself. Sara deconstructs her struggles with anxiety and depression, what it means to be a good person, and the radically discordant stories we tell ourselves and share with the world"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Anecdotes.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Comedians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Description and travel -- Anecdotes.
Schaefer, Sara Carole, -- 1978- -- Family.
Schaefer, Sara Carole, -- 1978- -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon.
Shaffer family -- Anecdotes.
Travel writing.
Women comedians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
Comedians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
Grand Canyon (Ariz.) -- Description and travel -- Anecdotes.
Schaefer, Sara Carole, -- 1978- -- Family.
Schaefer, Sara Carole, -- 1978- -- Travel -- Arizona -- Grand Canyon.
Shaffer family -- Anecdotes.
Travel writing.
Women comedians -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography -- Anecdotes.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Schaefer, S. C. (2020). Grand: a memoir (First Gallery Books hardcover edition.). Gallery Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schaefer, Sara Carole, 1978-. 2020. Grand: A Memoir. Gallery Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Schaefer, Sara Carole, 1978-. Grand: A Memoir Gallery Books, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Schaefer, Sara Carole. Grand: A Memoir First Gallery Books hardcover edition., Gallery Books, 2020.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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