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 lifes inventory out of deconstructed personal narratives, resulting in a reading experience thats rich like a complicated dessertnot 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 theyd almost signed up to live someone elses life.
What if you released yourself from traditional narratives of happiness? What if you looked for ways to leave room for the unexpected? In Hausers case, this meant dissecting pop culture touchstone, 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 Belushis gravesite, and officiated a wedding. Most importantly, they mapped the difference between the stories were 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 doesnt 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.
Author: Cj Hauser
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 06/27/2023
Pages: 320
Weight: 0.5lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.20w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9780593312889
Language: English
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