Getting Personal a nice girls book At seventeen years old

At seventeen years old

we've mistaken good intentions for good ideas

Rupert Isaacson was devastated

Aeriel sets off on a quest across the Sea-of-Dust

Filled with faith and inspiration

Getting Personal a nice girls book At seventeen years oldFrom the man who is practically synonymous with the form of the modern personal essay comes a delightful collection of prose, poems, and never before published pieces that span his career as an essayist, novelist, poet, film critic, father, son, and husband. Organized in six parts (Childhood; Youth; Early Marriage and Bachelorhood; Teaching and Work; Fiction; Politics, Religion, Movies, Books, Cities; The Style of Middle Age) Getting Personal tells