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Debra Gwartney

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Salmon, Idaho

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Nonfiction, Biographies & Memoirs, Parenting & Families

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	Live Through This: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love 3.61 avg rating — 897 ratings — published 2009 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Best American Essays 2023 by Vivian Gornick (Compiler), Robert Atwan, Ciara Alfaro 3.91 avg rating — 399 ratings — published 2023 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Home Ground: Language for an American Landscape by Barry Lopez (Editor), Debra Gwartney (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.44 avg rating — 335 ratings — published 2006 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	I Am a Stranger Here Myself 4.16 avg rating — 116 ratings — published 2019 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Freeman's Animals by John Freeman (Goodreads Author), Anuradha Roy (Contributor), Debra Gwartney (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.87 avg rating — 31 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Man in the Moon: Essays on Fathers and Fatherhood by Stephanie G'Schwind (Editor), Bill Capossere (Contributor), Carole Firstman (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The River of No Return (True Story Book 14) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Here to the Horizon: Photographs in Honor of Barry Lopez by Toby Jurovics (Editor), Debra Gwartney (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Robert Macfarlane (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stone Gathering: A Reader, Volume 2: Issue 2 by Deborah Jacobs (Series Editor), Ross Gay, Siri Liv Myhrom it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2020	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Live Through This Lib/E: A Mother's Memoir of Runaway Daughters and Reclaimed Love by Debra Gwartney (Goodreads Author), Joyce Bean (Reader) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The car in the back seat yowled without ceasing so we didn't have to.”
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“...aching to spool out my version of the disorientation one feels after losing a parent.”
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“For a beat of a few seconds there was no one but us, the two of us undisturbed in our marriage bed, floating on our distant sea.”
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message 3: by Debra

Sep 06, 2009 04:39PM

Cindy wrote: "Great photo, Debra!
XO cindy"

Your photo, too, Cindy--lovely! I hope you're doing well as we head into fall. If you come to Portland, please look me up!!

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message 2: by Debra

Aug 01, 2008 04:10PM

Hi Andrea,
Great to hear from you. How are you?
What are you doing? Please catch me up.

The book isn't out yet, but soon. All very exciting and intimidating. Thanks for noticing it here--

Debra

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message 1: by Andrea

Aug 01, 2008 10:19AM