How I Came into My Inheritance explained

How I Came Into My Inheritance and Other True Stories
Editor:Dorothy Gallagher
Country:United States
Language:English
Subject:Non-fiction, Biography
Published:2001 (Random House)
Media Type:Print (hardback, paperback)
Pages:187
Isbn:9780375503467
Oclc:906864124

How I Came Into My Inheritance and Other True Stories is a 2001 book by Dorothy Gallagher. It is a collection of stories about Gallagher's family in Ukraine and New York City.

Reception

The New York Times, in its review of How I Came Into My Inheritance, wrote "Gallagher's most humane talent is her ability to resurrect her dead, to restore ancient relatives to vibrant youth." and concluded "Gallagher's uncompromising presentation of both the beautiful and the abhorrent aspects of their lives has a cumulative effect. Readers who relish the truth -- served straight up, 120 proof -- will be intoxicated by her book and will accept her inheritance as their own."[1]

How I Came Into My Inheritance has also been reviewed by Publishers Weekly,[2] January Magazine,[3] Kirkus Reviews,[4] The New York Review of Books,[5] the Los Angeles Times,[6] and The Washington Post.[7]

Notes and References

  1. News: Books: Beyond the Pale . March 4, 2001 . Laura Shaine Cunningham . New York Times . April 30, 2017.
  2. Web site: How I Came Into My Inheritance and Other True Stories (starred review) . Gallagher effectively conveys the sense of familial narratives that have been handed .. from one generation to the next. . February 1, 2001 . Publishers Weekly . PWxyz LLC. April 30, 2017.
  3. April 2001 . Family Meeting . Andrea MacPherson . How I Came Into My Inheritance is a smart, crisp book of memoirs that somehow still manages to incorporate the tone of a close friend's confession. Gallagher gracefully lets us in to meet her family and allows us to see the human beauty there. . January Magazine . April 30, 2017.
  4. Web site: How I Came Into My Inheritance and Other True Stories . January 15, 2001 . Kirkus Media LLC . April 30, 2017.
  5. May 31, 2001 . In the Radical Nursery . Jennifer Schuessler . The New York Review of Books . 48 . 9 . April 30, 2017.
  6. News: Susan Salter Reynolds . February 4, 2001 . Discoveries . These true stories are hilarious and alarming . Los Angeles Times . April 30, 2017.
  7. News: Ab Frucht . March 4, 2001 . Tangled Lives . It's a witty account, colored by an edgy darkness, of her family's attempts to make sense of this country. . The Washington Post . April 30, 2017.

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