Deprived of Unhappiness

by Samuel F. Pickering Jr.

Book Overview

In this, his tenth book of essays, renowned raconteur Sam Pickering wanders from Nova Scotia to Tennessee, from a middle school athletic field to an English department. He tells stories about people named Googoo and Loppie. He examines trees and flowers. He watches a daughter play soccer and a son row. He attends funerals and remembers the past and imagines the future. His is the ordinary world observed closely.

But reading Pickering makes...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0821412345
• ISBN13: 9780821412343
• Release Date: October 1998
• Publisher: Ohio University Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.8"