Rain on a Strange Roof
A Southern Literary Memoir| By: | Jan Whitt |
| Publisher: | Bloomsbury USA |
| Print ISBN: | 9780761858294 |
| eText ISBN: | 9780761858300 |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Copyright: | 2012 |
| Format: | Page Fidelity |
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A scholar of Southern literature and culture, Jan Whitt has written a personal narrative about adoption, childhood abuse, and fifty years of searching for her family in rural Appalachia. A testament to the power of love and the resilience of the human spirit, Rain on a Strange Roof unflinchingly explores death and loss at the same time that it celebrates the transformative power of love and literature. An award-winning professor, Whitt teaches courses in American and British literature, literary journalism, media, and women’s studies.
Quoting from films, novels, and short stories about the American South, Whitt weaves a narrative about the necessity for human connection and the desire for home.