
- 112 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
Snap Beads: A Remembering is a nonfictional memoir of an aging woman. During this story of time and memory, a string of events unfolds that touches on historic and societal issues such as WWII and PTSD, alcoholism, drug addiction, suicide, abandonment, adoption, and survival. It is also about finding God, self, family, and community. The metaphor of "snap beads" applies in two ways. First, from a literary genre lens, the tale consists of a series of memories that string together to create a whole narrative, much like a sonnet cycle--or necklace--might. Second, the protagonist seeks to become a part of a whole, to finally belong to something connected and beautiful. From a professional and educational standpoint, this work addresses narrative theory and challenges conceptualizations of composition traits, genres, and literary devices. It provides applicable content for teaching those very elements to students of reading and writing.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Refuse
- Chapter 2: Dear Baby Girl
- Chapter 3: Anita
- Chapter 4: Artifacts
- Chapter 5: Daddy
- Chapter 6: Places and Things
- Chapter 7: Mama’s Make-up
- Chapter 8: The Mustard Seed
- Chapter 9: Mississippi
- Chapter 10: Hide and Seek
- Chapter 11: Tending Momma
- Chapter 12: Grandma Leona
- Chapter 13: The Gargoyle Upstairs
- Chapter 14: Whiffenpoof
- Chapter 15: Lost
- Chapter 16: White’s Motel
- Chapter 17: Too-ra-loo-ra-loo-ral
- Chapter 18: Hair
- Chapter 19: Suicide
- Chapter 20: Things
- Chapter 21: Maybe
- Chapter 22: A Heavy Stone
- Chapter 23: Covenants
- Chapter 24: Families are Forever
- Chapter 25: Spin the Bottle
- Chapter 26: Segregation
- Chapter 27: Residential “School”
- Chapter 28: Howey Academy
- Chapter 29: Finding Peace
- Chapter 30: Heavenly Father, Are You Really There?
- Chapter 31: Wellsville
- Chapter 32: Paul McCartney Eyes
- Chapter 33: Christmas 1970
- Chapter 34: Becoming a Wife
- Chapter 35: Snap Beads
- Chapter 36: Sunrise, Sunset, and So Forth
- Chapter 37: New Year’s Eve
- Chapter 38: The Hour of Lead
- Chapter 39: Before And After
- Chapter 40: Fire!
- Chapter 41: Finding My Mother
- Chapter 42: Another Lie
- Chapter 43: Another Story
- Chapter 44: Graveside Services #1 and #2
- Chapter 45: Graveside Service #3
- Chapter 46:Trunk #3
- Chapter 47: Beginning From This Morning
- Bibliography
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