Finding My Father: His Century-Long Journey from World War I Warsaw and My Quest to Follow

ISBN-13: 9781101885857 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 272 str.

Deborah Tannen

Recenzje

Praise for Finding My Father
 
The ultimate recognition of her father s painful need for connection is searing, the depiction of the Jewish community in World War I era Warsaw riveting. Not only does Ms. Tannen s heartfelt portrait keep her father and his memories alive, but her story also hints at the undiscovered currents that may await us, too, if we but delve beneath the surface of our own family myths. The Wall Street Journal

[A] tender-hearted paean. Publishers Weekly
 
Drawing on abundant sources, sociolinguist [Deborah] Tannen creates a loving biography of her father, who indelibly shaped her life. . . . A generous and empathetic portrait. Kirkus Reviews

Praise for Deborah Tannen

Deborah Tannen combines a novelist s ear for the way people speak with a rare power of original analysis. Oliver Sacks, on You Just Don t Understand

Tannen s great gift . . . is the clarity she offers for emotionally charged familial relationships. . . . She guides the reader to listen in a new and responsive way. Wendy Wasserstein, The Washington Post Book World, on I Only Say This Because I Love You

The effect of [Tannen s] anecdotes and analysis is to reassure her readers that they are not alone. The Wall Street Journal, on You re Wearing THAT?

Tannen s very talented ear allows her to see inside our most intense relationships using the windows of our words. The Baltimore Sun, on You Were Always Mom s Favorite!

O autorze

Deborah Tannen is the acclaimed author of You Just Don t Understand, which was on the New York Times bestseller list for nearly four years; the New York Times bestsellers You re Wearing THAT?, about mothers and daughters and You Were Always Mom s Favorite!, about sisters; and many other books. A professor of linguistics at Georgetown University, she appears frequently on national television and radio. She lives with her husband in the Washington, D.C., area.