The quickening. We tell ourselves stories in order to live again -- Layover story -- Sim life -- Up in Jaffna -- No tongue can tell -- Make it scream, make it burn -- Maximum exposure -- Rehearsals -- The long trick -- The real smoke -- Daughter of a ghost -- Museum of broken hearts -- The quickening.
Summary:
Leslie Jamison explores the oceanic depths of longing and obsession. Among Jamison's subjects are "the loneliest whale in the world"; the eerie past-life memories of children; an online world called Second Life; the Sri Lankan Civil War; and a museum dedicated to broken relationships. Jamison follows these examinations to more personal reckonings in essays about eloping in Las Vegas, becoming a stepmother, and giving birth.
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