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At the heart of every essay in Elisabeth Sharp McKetta's lively collection is the same question: How does one grow up without losing oneself? McKetta braids deceptively simple stories of her own life with the rich undercurrent of familiar childhood tales to reveal things both personal and universal and as close to the truth as possible. Whether she is spending sleepless nights watching the sumo wrestler Asashoryu with her father, settling into a new life in a fishing hamlet in Cornwall, struggling with a beloved and ultimately untrainable corgi named Goblin, or emerging from a night in the woods rethinking who she might be, McKetta's essays sparkle and twist round and aboutfunny and insightful and compelling.

Awake with Asashoryu and Other Essays

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      Publisher: Paul Dry Books
      Publication Date: 05/07/2022
      ISBN13: 9781589881662, 978-1589881662
      ISBN10: 1589881664
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      Book Synopsis
      At the heart of every essay in Elisabeth Sharp McKetta's lively collection is the same question: How does one grow up without losing oneself? McKetta braids deceptively simple stories of her own life with the rich undercurrent of familiar childhood tales to reveal things both personal and universal and as close to the truth as possible. Whether she is spending sleepless nights watching the sumo wrestler Asashoryu with her father, settling into a new life in a fishing hamlet in Cornwall, struggling with a beloved and ultimately untrainable corgi named Goblin, or emerging from a night in the woods rethinking who she might be, McKetta's essays sparkle and twist round and aboutfunny and insightful and compelling.

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