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An American Childhood
by Annie Dillard
Dillard's memoir of growing up in 1950s Pittsburgh: waking to consciousness, books, rocks, drawing, her parents' jokes. A book about becoming aware.
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you want a memoir about the birth of attention.
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Skip it if…
you want drama.
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Three things you will actually use
- Notice when you wake up to the world.
- Curiosity is a life.
- Childhood is where it starts.
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Dillard's childhood.
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