Sleeping with Cats by Marge Piercy

Sleeping with Cats by Marge Piercy

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The intimate memoir of American writer Marge Piercy in which - rather than her literary or political adventures - she reveals the life behind her poems and novels, and the origins of her remarkable literary career. And throughout her life, her cats remain her steadfast companions.

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Sleeping with Cats by Marge Piercy

Sleeping with Cats is the intimate memoir of acclaimed author and poet Marge Piercy whose bestselling novels include Woman on the Edge of Time, Body of Glass and Braided Lives. Focusing on her emotional life, rather than her literary or political adventures, here she reveals the life behind her poems and novels and the origins of her remarkable literary career. Piercy includes several of her memorable poems and revisits the people, the circumstances, and the actions which inspired her to write them, laying bare the origins of both her fiction and poetry. Throughout her life are her cats, steadfast companions who remain while the people in her life come and go. Always honest and thoroughly compelling, Sleeping with Cats is a fascinating account of this extraordinary and complex woman's life.
Marge Piercy is renowned as both a poet and a novelist and has won the Arthur C. Clarke award. She lives in Cape Cod, US, with her husband, the novelist Ira Wood, and five cats.
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ISBN 13 9780749922788
ISBN 10 0749922788
Title Sleeping with Cats
Author Marge Piercy
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
Year published 2002-03-28
Number of pages 368
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.