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Miss American Pie

A Diary of Love, Secrets, and Growing Up in the 1970s

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A spellbinding and authentic document of American adolescence. Set against the backdrop of the deep South in the 1970s, <i>Miss American Pie</i> is the unforgettable account of Margaret Sartor's life from age twelve to eighteen. A raw document crafted from diaries, notebooks, and letters, this deeply personal yet universally appealing story astonishes with its candor. Young Margaret moves with ease between the seemingly trivial concerns of hairstyles and boys to more profound questions of faith and meaning. By turns funny and poignant, heartbreaking and profound, she tackles all of the decade's issues--desegregation, drugs, the sexual revolution, the rise of feminism, and the spread of charismatic evangelical Christianity--with humor, frankness, and unexpected insight. <i>Miss American Pie</i> reminds us what it feels like to grow up, offering a true and honest look at a teenager grappling with the timeless questions of sex, friendship, God, love, loss, and the meaning of family. The introduction and epilogue, written by Sartor from an older perspective, reflect on those turbulent and life-shaping years, revealing how the girl in the diary turned out after all, and demonstrating that childhood--both its joys and traumas--reverberate deeply in our adult lives.

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Miss American Pie, Margaret Sartor

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Pubblicato
2006
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Titolo
Miss American Pie
Sottotitolo
A Diary of Love, Secrets, and Growing Up in the 1970s
Lingua
Inglese
Editore
Bloomsbury
Pubblicato
2006
Formato
In brossura
Pagine
265
ISBN10
0739479881
ISBN13
9780739479889
Serie
Descrizione
A spellbinding and authentic document of American adolescence. Set against the backdrop of the deep South in the 1970s, <i>Miss American Pie</i> is the unforgettable account of Margaret Sartor's life from age twelve to eighteen. A raw document crafted from diaries, notebooks, and letters, this deeply personal yet universally appealing story astonishes with its candor. Young Margaret moves with ease between the seemingly trivial concerns of hairstyles and boys to more profound questions of faith and meaning. By turns funny and poignant, heartbreaking and profound, she tackles all of the decade's issues--desegregation, drugs, the sexual revolution, the rise of feminism, and the spread of charismatic evangelical Christianity--with humor, frankness, and unexpected insight. <i>Miss American Pie</i> reminds us what it feels like to grow up, offering a true and honest look at a teenager grappling with the timeless questions of sex, friendship, God, love, loss, and the meaning of family. The introduction and epilogue, written by Sartor from an older perspective, reflect on those turbulent and life-shaping years, revealing how the girl in the diary turned out after all, and demonstrating that childhood--both its joys and traumas--reverberate deeply in our adult lives.