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The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays

by C.J. Hauser
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The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays
The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays

Introspective memoir on love, identity, and self-discovery.

"The Crane Wife" might just change how you perceive love and life's trajectories. C.J. Hauser takes you through a journey of self-discovery, using personal stories that invite you to question the conventional narratives of happiness and relationships. It's like a heart-to-heart with a friend who's wise beyond their years, offering insights that make you rethink what you've always believed about love, family, and the paths we choose (or that choose us). If you're at a crossroads or just enjoy reflective, witty prose, this memoir is a thoughtful companion.

  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Bisexual Nonfiction (2023)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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The Crane Wife: A Memoir in Essays

by C.J. Hauser
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ISBN: 9780593312889
Author: C.J. Hauser
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2023-06-27
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Personal Development, Creative Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Personal Development, Psychology, Memoir, Inspirational, Mental Health, Essays, Biography, Biography Memoir
Goodreads rating: 4.07
(rated by 7068 readers)

Description

A memoir in essays that expands on the viral sensation "The Crane Wife" with a frank and funny look at love, intimacy, and self in the twenty-first century. From friends and lovers to blood family and chosen family, this "elegant masterpiece" (Roxane Gay, New York Times bestselling author of Hunger) asks what more expansive definitions of love might offer us all. A Best Book of the Year: Time, The Guardian, Garden & Gun. "Hauser builds their life's inventory out of deconstructed personal narratives, resulting in a reading experience that's rich like a complicated dessert—not for wolfing down but for savoring in small bites." —The New York Times "Clever, heartfelt, and wrenching." —Time "Brilliant." —Oprah Daily Ten days after calling off their wedding, CJ Hauser went on an expedition to Texas to study the whooping crane. After a week wading through the gulf, they realized they'd almost signed up to live someone else's life. What if you released yourself from traditional narratives of happiness? What if you looked for ways to leave room for the unexpected? In Hauser's case, this meant dissecting pop culture touchstones, from The Philadelphia Story to The X Files, to learn how not to lose yourself in a relationship. They attended a robot convention, contemplated grief at John Belushi's gravesite, and officiated a wedding. Most importantly, they mapped the difference between the stories we're asked to hold versus those we choose to carry. Told with the late-night barstool directness of your wisest, most bighearted friend, The Crane Wife is a book for everyone whose path doesn't look the way they thought it would; for everyone learning to find joy in the not-knowing and to build a new sort of life story, a new sort of family, a new sort of home to live in.
 

Introspective memoir on love, identity, and self-discovery.

"The Crane Wife" might just change how you perceive love and life's trajectories. C.J. Hauser takes you through a journey of self-discovery, using personal stories that invite you to question the conventional narratives of happiness and relationships. It's like a heart-to-heart with a friend who's wise beyond their years, offering insights that make you rethink what you've always believed about love, family, and the paths we choose (or that choose us). If you're at a crossroads or just enjoy reflective, witty prose, this memoir is a thoughtful companion.

  • Lambda Literary Award Nominee for Bisexual Nonfiction (2023)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

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