Hearts and Times The Literature of Memory Oral Histories

In Hearts and Times, Ross Talarico has compiled and edited a unique collection of memoirs by older men and women who have, without guile or artifice, created personal literature and a stunning portrait of classic American character. A 101 year-old woman recalls the simplicity and innocence of a secret marriage on an Alabama plantation almost ninety years earlier; a young family is abused and abandoned by an immigrant carpenter father during the Depression; a woman seeks her "certificate of history" as she hides her freedom-fighter teacher in the violent and threatening atmosphere of a racially-torn country; and another story-teller takes a poignant "train ride" through the hope and disappointments of a long-distance love affair during a world war. The collected voices found here in Hearts and Times come vividly alive with the breadth and depth of fiction. Hearts and Times is testimony that through the tender and difficult moments of our lives, and through work and love, we create the memories that sustain us.Talarico, Ross is the author of 'Hearts and Times The Literature of Memory Oral Histories' with ISBN 9780897333825 and ISBN 0897333829.