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My Drowning
My Drowning
Author: Jim Grimsley
Ever since Ellen Tote can remember, she has dreamed of her mother walking slowly into a river. The mystery of this memory, as it unfolds in her recollections, is the haunting story of MY DROWNING.
ISBN-13: 9781565121416
ISBN-10: 1565121414
Publication Date: 1/1/1997
Pages: 258
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Publisher: Algonquin Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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Sianeka avatar reviewed My Drowning on + 114 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Another slice-of-life story from Jim Grimsley, again telling the story of a poor white family in a rural community. This time, the protagonist is Ellen Tote, who overcomes adversity and hardship growing up to become an independent and happy adult. Although it is never explicitely stated, I believe that the main heroine of this story is the same woman who is the mother in the Grimsley novel Winter Birds.

Although her story is compelling, drawing the reader through Ellen's life glimpsed through flashbacks and memories, like many such narratives, there is no real ending, and thus no satisfactory conclusion to the story.
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nana23 avatar reviewed My Drowning on + 243 more book reviews
A wonderful novel about how the past can haunt us all our lives.
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FABULOUS! I want to read all of his now!
k9kutter64 avatar reviewed My Drowning on + 167 more book reviews
Awesome story of a young girl growing up in a very poor family in rural North Carolina. This book reminded me of The Glass Castle. Highly recommended.


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