Fig Free Download Epud By Sarah Elizabeth Schantz
| Title | : | Fig |
| Author | : | Sarah Elizabeth Schantz |
| Format | : | Hardcover |
| Page | : | 346 pages |
| ISBN | : | 1481423584 |
Love and sacrifice intertwine in this brilliant and provocative debut of rare beauty about a girl dealing with her mother s schizophrenia and her own mental illness.Fig s world lies somewhere between reality and fantasy.But as she watches Mama slowly come undone, it becomes hard to tell what is real and what is not, what is fun and what is frightening To save Mama, Fig be Love and sacrifice intertwine in this brilliant and provocative debut of rare beauty about a girl dealing with her mother s schizophrenia and her own mental illness.Fig s world lies somewhere between reality and fantasy.But as she watches Mama slowly come undone, it becomes hard to tell what is real and what is not, what is fun and what is frightening To save Mama, Fig begins a fierce battle to bring her back She knows that her daily sacrifices, like not touching metal one day or avoiding water the next, are the only way to cure Mama.The problem is that in the process of a daily sacrifice, Fig begins to lose herself as well, increasingly isolating herself from her classmates and engaging in self destructive behavior that only further sets her apart.Spanning the course of Fig s childhood from age six to nineteen, this deeply provocative novel is than a portrait of a mother, a daughter, and the struggle that comes with all consuming love It is an acutely honest and often painful portrayal of life with mental illness and the lengths to which a young woman must go to handle the ordeals real or imaginary thrown her way
about Author
Sarah Elizabeth Schantz is a fiction writer living on the outskirts of Boulder, Colorado in an old farmhouse surrounded by open sky, century old cottonwoods and coyotes.Her first novel, FIG, debuted from Simon Schuster in 2015 the trade paperback came out in 2016 The book was noted as a Best Read of 2015 by NPR and won the Colorado Book Award in 2016 Schantz is represented by Heather Sch Sarah Elizabeth Schantz is a fiction writer living on the outskirts of Boulder, Colorado in an old farmhouse surrounded by open sky, century old cottonwoods and coyotes.Her first novel, FIG, debuted from Simon Schuster in 2015 the trade paperback came out in 2016 The book was noted as a Best Read of 2015 by NPR and won the Colorado Book Award in 2016 Schantz is represented by Heather Schroder at Compass Talent Schantz s website is www.SarahElizabethSchantz.org If you are interested in taking one of her creative writing workshops or working with her one on one, you can visit www.WritesofPassage.org.FIG is the story of a girl who grows up under the shadow of her schizophrenic mother in rural Kansas This coming of age story tracks Fig, the protagonist, from age six to age nineteen the age she fears she might inherit her mother s disease Fig employs magical thinking as a means to avoid this fate, but in turn develops OCD In the end, she must learn to separate her identity from the identity of her beloved mother Schantz is available for readings and other events She has a BA in Writing Literature and a MFA in Writing Poetics from Naropa University She collects Lotus slippers, Blue Willow, Edwardian style nightgowns, fairy tales, Owl figures, and antique marbles She loves to take a bath so laden with Epsom salts it becomes the sea, and every time the moon is full, she takes a long stroll in the silver light 
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Love and sacrifice intertwine in this brilliant and provocative debut of rare beauty about a girl dealing with her mother s schizophrenia and her own
346 pagesSarah Elizabeth Schantz
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