Críticas:
"This is an astonishingly honest memoir about blindness, failed marriages and alcoholism as well as the joys of motherhood and the natural world. All delivered in a beautiful, athletic style one can only envy."--Edmund WhiteEdmund White
"A dramatic memoir, which showcases [McWilliam's] elegant voice."--O, the Oprah Magazine
"[An] astonishing memoir - sprawling, riveting, out-of-control, heartbreaking, hilarious and at times so vivd and captivating that, yes, you might wish you had stood in McWilliam's shoes."--Susan Ager, Minneapolis Star Tribune
"[A] shimmering memoir....The unblinking contemplation of a life whose woozy chutes-and-ladders path led, literally and otherwise, into darkness....Eloquently recalled....McWilliam gathers the ineffable spaces of her past and knots them into something practical, expansive, and enduring."--Jan Stuart, Boston Globe
"Candia McWilliam's much-praised memoir What to Look for in Winter is my favourite book of the year, startlingly honest, wry, sad and wise."--Dave Nicholls, The Guardian (London)
"An astonishingly honest memoir about blindness, failed marriages and alcoholism as well as the joys of motherhood and the natural world. All delivered in a beautiful, athletic style one can only envy."--Edmund White
"Beautiful, harrowing and in every way remarkable."--New Statesman
"The most startling, discomforting, complicated, ungovernable, hilarious and heart-rending of memoirs."--Sunday Telegraph (London)
"Extraordinary.--The Independent
"One of the most extraordinary literary autobiographies of this or any other year."--The Times (London)
Reseña del editor:
In this deeply personal story of love and loss, addiction and reclamation, the author, a celebrated writer, recounts her sudden descent into blindness, which forced her to look inward and into the past to write her life back. 15,000 first printing.
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