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LEADER: 04018cam a22003374a 4500
001 2005037757
003 DLC
005 20070323100613.0
008 051228s2006 nyu 000 0 eng
010 $a 2005037757
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020 $a9780307238061
035 $a(OCoLC)ocm62789960
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050 00 $aHQ777.3$b.O55 2006
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245 00 $aOnly child :$bwriters on the singular joys and solitary sorrows of growing up solo /$cedited by Deborah Siegel and Daphne Uviller.
250 $a1st ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarmony Books,$cc2006.
300 $aix, 256 p. ;$c22 cm.
520 $a"Twenty-one acclaimed writers tell the truth about life without siblings--the bliss of solitude, the ache of loneliness, and everything in between. They reflect on the single, transforming episode that defined each of them as an only child. For some it came while lurking around the edges of a friend's boisterous family, longing to be part of the chaos. For others, it came in sterile hospital halls, while single-handedly caring for a parent with cancer. They write about the parents who raised them, from the devoted to the dismissive. They describe what it's like to be an only child of divorce, an only because of the death of a sibling, an only who reveled in it or an only who didn't.--From publisher description."--From source other than the Library of Congress
505 0 $aIntroduction : onlies, connect -- Singular sensations : childhood -- The hotline / Alissa Quart -- Postcards to myself / Peter Terzian -- I am my own grandpa / Molly Jong-Fast -- Imaginary enemies / Sarah Towers -- Air only / Ted Rose -- Becoming an only child / Elizabeth DeVita-Raeburn -- We are...family : significant others and friends -- Triangulation : a love story / Deborah Siegel -- Laundry distance / Lynn Harris -- Odd numbers / Thomas Beller -- Separation and the single girl / Sara Reistad-Long -- Blood of my blood / Rebecca Walker -- Dodging Laurie / Daphne Uviller -- A sib for junior? : parenting -- Letter to my second child / John Hodgman -- My Jane / Peter Ho Davies -- Succumbing to two / Amy Richards -- Mother of two / Janice Nimura -- Minority report / Judith Thurman -- Still only after all these years : tables turned -- The forest of memory / Kathryn Harrison -- A pair of onlys / Alysia Abbott -- You're it / Betty Rollin -- New Year's Eve, 1997 / Teller.
505 00 $tIntroduction : party of one --$tSingular sensations : childhood --$tPostcards to myself /$rPeter Terzian --$tI'm my own grandpa /$rMolly Jong-Fast --$tImaginary enemies /$rSarah Towers --$tAir only /$rTed Rose --$tThe hotline /$rAlissa Quart --$tBecoming an only child /$rElizabeth DeVita-Raeburn --$tWe are-- family : significant others and friends --$tTriangulation : a love story /$rDeborah Siegel --$tLaundry distance /$rLynn Harris --$tOdd numbers /$rThomas Beller --$tSeparation and the single girl /$rSara Reistad-Long --$tBlood of my blood /$rRebecca Walker --$tDodging Laurie /$rDaphne Uviller --$tA sib for junior? : parenting --$tLetter to my second child /$rJohn Hodgman --$tMy Jane /$rPeter Ho Davies --$tSuccumbing to two /$rAmy Richards --$tMother of two /$rJanice Nimura --$tMinority report /$rJudith Thurman --$tStill only after all these years : tables turned --$tThe forest of memory /$rKathryn Harrison --$tA pair of onlys /$rAlysia Abbott --$tYou're it /$rBetty Rollin --$tNew Year's Eve, 1997 /$rTeller.
650 0 $aOnly child.
700 1 $aSiegel, Deborah.
700 1 $aUviller, Daphne.
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip066/2005037757.html
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2005037757-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0701/2005037757-d.html
856 41 $3Sample text$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0702/2005037757-s.html