{"product_id":"the-memory-sessions-suzanne-farrell-smith-9781684481477","title":"The Memory Sessions","description":"Suzanne Farrell Smith's father was killed by a drunk driver when she was six, and a devastating fire nearly destroyed her house when she was eight. She remembers those two--and only those two--events from her first nearly twelve years of life. While her three older sisters hold on to rich and rewarding memories of their father, Smith recalls nothing of him. Her entire childhood was, seemingly, erased. In \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Sessions\u003c\/i\u003e, Smith attempts to excavate lost childhood memories. She puts herself through multiple therapies and exercises, including psychotherapy, hypnotherapy, somatic experiencing, and acupuncture. She digs for clues in her mother's long-stored boxes. She creates--with objects, photographs, and captions--a physical timeline to compensate for the one that's missing in her memory. She travels to San Diego, where her family vacationed with her father right before he died. She researches, interviews, and meditates, all while facing down the two traumatic memories that defined her early life. The result is an experimental memoir that upends our understanding of the genre. Rather than recount a childhood, \u003ci\u003eThe Memory Sessions\u003c\/i\u003e attempts to create one from research, archives, imagination, and the memories of others. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Published by Bucknell University Press. Distributed worldwide by Rutgers University Press.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Suzanne Farrell Smith\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1684481473\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781684481477\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bucknell University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/09\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 172\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 0.70d","brand":"Suzanne Farrell Smith","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43984144466175,"sku":"9781684481477","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a1ec0258-f0b2-470e-b94b-ccacae353b46.jpg?v=1683270741","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-memory-sessions-suzanne-farrell-smith-9781684481477","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}