Rain on a Strange Roof: A Southern Literary Memoir

By Jan Whitt

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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761858296
• ISBN13: 9780761858294
• Release Date: March 2012
• Publisher: Hamilton Books
• Length: 184 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher