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| Editor | Dorothy Gallagher |
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| 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.
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]
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Gallagher effectively conveys the sense of familial narratives that have been handed .. from one generation to the next.
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.
These true stories are hilarious and alarming
It's a witty account, colored by an edgy darkness, of her family's attempts to make sense of this country.