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By Amy
Krouse Rosenthal
Biography
& Autobiography, Memoirs, Humor
Crown Publishers
Hardcover,
240 pages, Illustrated
January
2005
$23.00
1400080452
See the website for this book.
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How do you conjure a life? Give the truest
account of what you saw, felt, learned, loved, strived for?
For Amy Krouse Rosenthal, the surprising answer came in the
form of an encyclopedia. In Encyclopedia of an Ordinary Life
she has ingeniously adapted this centuries-old format for
conveying knowledge into a poignant, wise, often funny, fully
realized memoir. Using mostly short entries organized from
A to Z, many of which are cross-referenced, Rosenthal captures
in wonderful and episodic detail the moments, observations,
and emotions that comprise a contemporary life. Start anywhere—preferably
at the beginning—and see how one young woman’s
alphabetized existence can open up and define the world in
new and unexpected ways.
An ordinary life, perhaps, but an extraordinary
book.
Deloris Jordan is Michael Jordan's
mother and the coauthor of Salt in His Shoes, which
Booklist called "inspirational," and Family First,
a book highlighting the seven principles of parenting. Through
her work with the James Jordan Boys and Girls Club and Family
Life Center in Chicago, Illinois, as well as the Jordan Institute
for Family at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill,
Mrs. Jordan is widely regarded as an advocate for children
and families. The mother of five children and the grandmother
of eleven, Mrs. Jordan lives in Chicago, Illinois, where she
is at work on her next book for children.
Roslyn M. Jordan is Michael Jordan's
sister and the coauthor of Salt in His Shoes with Deloris
Jordan. The founder and president of Another Jordan Incorporated,
she lives in Chicago, Illinois.
Shane W. Evans is the award-winning
illustrator of many children's books, including No More!
by Doreen Rappaport, Bintou's Braids by Sylviane A.
Diouf, and Homemade Love by Bell Hooks. Mr. Evans lives
in Kansas City, Missouri.
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