An Archive of Happiness by Elizabeth Reeder

An Archive of Happiness by Elizabeth Reeder

An Archive of Happiness is set in the Scottish Highlands over the course of one day during the Avens family's annual get-together. It's the summer solstice and theirs is a fractured family, broken by arguments, by things said and not said, by a mother who has left and a father who was left behind.

'An Archive of Happiness is a poignant, multi-layered exploration of family relationships brilliantly revealedA haunting story told in exquisite prose.' Ruth Hogan ; 'This is such a big-hearted, intricate and compelling novel: it is as robust and delicate as the landscapes it inhabits. Reeder tells a story of loss, fracture and repair, every sentence infused with both clear-sightedness and love.' Jenn Ashworth

Elizabeth K Reeder is a Chicago native now living in Scotland. She writes novels, essays and stories. She is fascinated by things we build and dismantle (houses, identity, family, community) and how we write about them. Her first novel, Ramshackle, was shortlisted for a number of awards including a Saltire Literary Award. Interested in writing that creates spaces between forms, subjects and discipline, she supports writers/artists/thinkers to make our best work including making space for risk, exuberant failure, collaborations, and rigorous creative editorial processes. microbursts, a collection of her lyric essays produced in collaboration with artist Amanda Thomson, will be published by Prototype Publications in Spring 2021. She's a MacDowell Colony Fellow and a senior lecturer in Creative Writing at University of Glasgow.

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ISBN 13	9781908058775
ISBN 10	1908058773
Title	An Archive of Happiness
Author	Elizabeth Reeder
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Penned in the Margins
Year published	2020-09-02
Number of pages	300
Prizes	Long-listed for Highland Book Prize 2020 (UK)
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