{"product_id":"executrix-brittany-perham-9780820377780","title":"Executrix","description":"\u003ci\u003eExecutrix \u003c\/i\u003ebegins with a mystery: Why would the author's father, from whom she had been estranged for more than a decade, change his will in the weeks before his death to make her the executor of his estate? \u003ci\u003eExecutrix \u003c\/i\u003echarts the process of sorting out the business of this indebted estate using the language of real estate foreclosure, income tax audits, and medical records. The executor transforms the disjointed details of a life into a tidy financial narrative that meets the demands of claimants; the writer transforms the disjointed details of a life into a story that meets the demands of memory. Through this twin accounting, Perham asks the big questions: What are the implications of being the child of an alcoholic? How do we reconcile memories that are fragmented, elided, or nonexistent? And what does it mean to write true \"nonfiction\"? With surprising humor, real tenderness, and, above all, a daring formal inventiveness, \u003ci\u003eExecutrix \u003c\/i\u003elaunches a critical investigation into family stories and secrets, and the genre of memoir itself.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Brittany Perham\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0820377783\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780820377780\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Georgia Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.69lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 5.50w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2026","brand":"Brittany Perham","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49002175037695,"sku":"9780820377780","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/executrix-brittany-perham-9780820377780","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}