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"so richly detailed, and palpable with color, fabric and texture, that they are closer to the visual arts than to conventional prose narrative"-The New York Times. With chapters arranged alphabetically, with one memory leading to another,An Accidental Autobiography is a window onto a life lived with warmth, passion, and generosity of spirit-and

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Not so much an autobiography as a scrapbook recollection of memories, influences, and events, this book strikes a level of quality rarely reached. Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, an essayist and commentator of the highest order, digs through her remarkable life and discovers a trove of gems: stories of her childhood in Bensonhurst, her love of Italy, her teenage experience as a Jehovah's Witness, her first love and her passion for food. As interesting as the portraits are, it is the skill and pure exuberance of her writing that make this work such a joy.

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