Having and Being Had - Eula Biss
Category: Autobiography & Biographies
Tags: Autobiography & Biographies, Misc. Non-fiction, Adults
A New York Times Editors Choice, Named a Best Book of The Year by Time, NPR, InStyle, and Good Housekeeping, A sensational new book [that] tries to figure out whether its possible to live an ethical life in a capitalist society. The results are enthralling. (Associated Press), A timely and arresting new look at affluence by the New York Times best-selling author, one of the leading lights of the modern American essay. (Financial Times), My adult life can be divided into two distinct parts, Eula Biss writes, the time before I owned a washing machine and the time after. Having just purchased her first home, the poet and essayist now embarks on a provocative exploration of the value system she has bought into. Through a series of engaging exchanges - in libraries and laundromats, over barstools and backyard fences - she examines our assumptions about class and property and the ways we internalize the demands of capitalism. Described by the New York Times as a writer who advances from all
