A cerebral and discursive book about the South and about family and about making art that has some of the probity of Flannery O'Connor's nonfiction collection 'Mystery and Manners' yet is spiked with the wildness and plain talk of Mary Karr's best work.

weird, intense and uncommonly beautiful new memoir. OL20000682W Page_number_confidence 93.85 Pages 506 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.15 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20211008164940 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 696 Scandate 20211007102528 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9780316247764 Tts_version 4.' Hold Still. In lyrical prose and startlingly revealing photographs, she crafts a totally original form of personal history that has the page-turning drama of a great novel but is firmly rooted in the fertile soil of her own lifeĪccess-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:10:32 Boxid IA40255802 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier racial complications, vast sums of money made and lost, the return of the prodigal son, and maybe even bloody murder. Sorting through boxes of family papers and yellowed photographs she finds more than she bargained for: deceit and scandal, alcohol, domestic abuse, car crashes, bogeymen, clandestine affairs, dearly loved and disputed family land. In this groundbreaking book, a unique interplay of narrative and image, Mann's preoccupation with family, race, mortality, and the storied landscape of the American South are revealed as almost genetically predetermined, written into her DNA by the family history that precedes her. A revealing and beautifully written memoir and family history from acclaimed photographer Sally Mann.

Hold still a memoir with photographs