Midstream

By Leanne Schreiber

In her late thirties, Le Anne Schreiber left her position as Deputy Editor of the New York Times Book Review for a new and vastly different life in rural upstate New York. She wanted peace, the time to write and fish, and a chance to build into her life a different pace, different values. And then she learned that her mother had pancreatic cancer. This brilliant memoir bears witness, unflinchingly, to the wrenching details of her mother's illness and death and her own new beginnings. She brings to her observations of nature and her mother's death, precision, wonder, tenderness, speculation, and occasional outrage. Midstream is a compelling autobiography - deeply felt and unforgettable. (51/2 X 81/4, 320 pages, b & w photos)

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 067082819X
• ISBN13: 9780670828197
• Release Date: January 1990
• Publisher: Viking
• Length: 309 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 1.0" x 1.0"

Customer Reviews

A very good memoir, about hope and healing.

This memoir grabbed my attention by first being about a mother/daughter relationship and second because it was about the mother having CA. I read this book some time ago and I think I will pick it up sometime and reread it.

Enjoyed it even more the Second Time!

I underline and make notes in my books. LeAnne's book contains as much of my ink as hers! I love the way she writes. Every line is sheer poetry...Did not know LeAnne nor the subject of her book. This turned out to be one of my top five favorites ever! She can convey more thought in one line than some writers do in a chapter. I am now engaged in my first read of her second book. I know that I will be doing a second read as soon as I finish.If you are a frustrated writer, you have to "study" this wonderful book. LeAnne Schreiber is simply the best!