My Ruby Slippers by Tracy Seeley
Settled in what seems like a charmed life in San Francisco, a diagnosis of cancer and the betrayal of a lover shake Tracy Seeley to her roots - roots she is suddenly determined to search out. My Ruby Slippers tells the story of that search, the tale of a woman with an impassioned if vague sense of mission: to find the meaning of home.
“Under Tracy Seeley’s cool, clear gaze, the fractured landscape of America’s rootlessness is seen whole againShe reminds us that place is both on the horizon and within our memories. . . . My Ruby Slippers is a complete pleasure to read.”—Lewis Buzbee, author of The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop
“Ad astra per aspera. ‘To the stars through difficulty’ is the Kansas state motto. Tracy Seeley’s My Ruby Slippers takes us on a knockabout journey to Dorothy territory, but when she awakens in sunflowers, she’s not home. An honest inquiry into who we are wherever we are, and a brave meditation on mortality. A wonderful book.”—Terese Svoboda, author of Black Glasses Like Clark Kent
"In this smart meditation on place, Seeley gives to Kansas the time she never afforded it in her youth."—Kirkus
"Seeley . . . writes evocatively of Kansas, from the "long horizons" of the prairies to the "white billows swelling" in its western sky.""—Georgia Rowe, San Jose Mercury News
"Engrossing and hard to put down, this autobiographical account of an odyssey will resonate with many who face their own muddied waters in returning to a home that is only vaguely defined, making this a pick for any general-interest lending library."—Midwest Book Review
"There is always the threat of a returning tornado, the specter of cancer, which may not carry Dorothy off to Oz this time. In Seeley's case, her ruby slippers take her home and teach her to cherish life there, to be open emotionally and spiritually, and how to belong."—Katelyn Hansell, Bid Muddy
“Ad astra per aspera. ‘To the stars through difficulty’ is the Kansas state motto. Tracy Seeley’s My Ruby Slippers takes us on a knockabout journey to Dorothy territory, but when she awakens in sunflowers, she’s not home. An honest inquiry into who we are wherever we are, and a brave meditation on mortality. A wonderful book.”—Terese Svoboda, author of Black Glasses Like Clark Kent
"In this smart meditation on place, Seeley gives to Kansas the time she never afforded it in her youth."—Kirkus
"Seeley . . . writes evocatively of Kansas, from the "long horizons" of the prairies to the "white billows swelling" in its western sky.""—Georgia Rowe, San Jose Mercury News
"Engrossing and hard to put down, this autobiographical account of an odyssey will resonate with many who face their own muddied waters in returning to a home that is only vaguely defined, making this a pick for any general-interest lending library."—Midwest Book Review
"There is always the threat of a returning tornado, the specter of cancer, which may not carry Dorothy off to Oz this time. In Seeley's case, her ruby slippers take her home and teach her to cherish life there, to be open emotionally and spiritually, and how to belong."—Katelyn Hansell, Bid Muddy
Tracy Seeley is a professor of English at the University of San Francisco.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780803230101 |
| ISBN 10 | 0803230109 |
| Title | My Ruby Slippers |
| Author | Tracy Seeley |
| Series | American Lives |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | University of Nebraska Press |
| Year published | 2011-03-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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