The Crane Wife

Name: The Crane Wife
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SKU: 9780241503782
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A Memoir in Essays

By Christina Joyce Hauser

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The Crane Wife by Christina Joyce Hauser is a reflective memoir exploring themes of heartbreak, healing, and self-discovery. The author delves into a profound personal experience where she navigates the complexities of love and identity after an unexpected breakup. Throughout the narrative, the book beautifully intertwines metaphorical imagery to illustrate emotional depth and resilience.
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You might find this biography & memoir engaging if you're drawn to deeply personal journeys that explore themes of identity, love, and the complexities of human relationships. The book provides a heartfelt and intimate perspective, mingling cultural myths with personal narrative, creating a poignant reflection on life and self-discovery.

The Crane Wife

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'Funny, exciting, vulnerable - truly visionary' Alexander Chee

Ten days after calling off her wedding, CJ Hauser went on an expedition to study the whooping crane. After a week wading through the gulf, she realised she had almost signed up to live somebody else's life.

In this intimate, frank, and funny memoir in essays, CJ Hauser releases herself from her story of how life was supposed to be. She goes looking for more honest ways of living, for new definitions of love. She kisses internet strangers, officiates a wedding, and visits a fertility clinic. She rereads Rebecca in the house her new boyfriend shared with his ex-wife and rewinds Katharine Hepburn in The Philadelphia Story to ask whether you can ever have a fresh start with an old love. She writes about friends and lovers, blood family and chosen family, children, animals, and ghosts, and a whole planet in this book, and hopes you see all of these as love stories.

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The Crane Wife by Christina Joyce Hauser receives widespread acclaim for its candid exploration of love and personal experience through essays. Critics praise the memoir for its wit, vulnerability, and originality, with Hauser offering a fresh perspective on the complexities of love and self-discovery. Descriptions highlight its humour, introspection, and the emotional depth with which Hauser navigates her personal and familial histories.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780241503782

Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 13 July 2023

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Viking

Audience: General / adult, Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 28.0mm

Width: 126.0mm

Height: 196.0mm

Weight: 220g

Pages: 320

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Biography & Memoir Christina Joyce Hauser Education & Reference Health & Wellness Non-Fiction Penguin Books Self-Help & Personal Development

About the Author

CJ HAUSER teaches creative writing at Colgate University and lives in Hamilton, NY. They received their MFA from Brooklyn College and PhD from Florida State. They have published two novels, Family of Origin and The From-Aways. In 2019 they published a viral essay, The Crane Wife, in the Paris Review, about their decision to call off their wedding and go on an expedition to study the whooping crane. The essay reached over a million readers, was shared by 538 journalists from 293 different outlets all over the world, and recommended online by the likes of Roxane Gay, Busy Phillips and Caitlin Moran. The Crane Wife- A Memoir in Essays is their first work of full-length non-fiction.