Elissa Altman Livres

Elissa Altman crée des récits profondément résonnants explorant les liens profonds entre nourriture, mémoire et identité. À travers son écriture, elle explore comment les repas simples et les rituels de cuisine façonnent nos relations et notre compréhension de nous-mêmes. Son style est introspectif et poétique, sondant souvent les complexités des liens familiaux et la quête d'appartenance. Altman écrit sur la nourriture comme un langage d'amour, de soin et de connexion, révélant des désirs humains universels à travers le prisme de l'expérience culinaire.

Motherland
272pages
10 heures de lecture
3,8(791)Évaluer
Rita, an overreaching, makeup-addicted, narcissistic Manhattan singer couldn't be more different from Elissa, her gay, taciturn New England writer daughter. Stuck in an outrageous maelstrom of codependency, mother and daughter cannot seem to extricate themselves from the center of each other's lives. This is their story, built on the ferocity of mother-daughter love, moral obligation, and the possibility and promise of healing. -- adapted from publisher info
Treyf
287pages
11 heures de lecture
In this kaleidoscopic memoir, Elissa Altman tells the story of tradition, expectations, religion and rule-breaking that defined her childhood, from the dinner table to the synagogue to the bedrooms of her apartment building. Spanning from 1940s wartime Brooklyn to 1960s and '70s Queens to present day rural New England, Treyf is a story of contradiction, hope, betrayal and one family's relentless yearning for acceptance; it is a vivid tale of what it means to find yourself both in spite of, and in honour to, your past.

Motherland

Treyf