![]() ![]() " instantly engaging and wildly engrossing memoir. an exquisite chronicle of family and trauma and hope and longing, and announces Brittany Ackerman as an exciting new voice in letters." -Alan Heathcock, author of VOLT and 40 "Full of hard-won wisdom, beautifully written and deeply moving. The project has been one giant experiment-to see if they can all make it out alive. The preparation has been "in the field" in that it is built upon the gathering of lived experience the evidence is photo albums, family interviews, and anecdotes from friends. ![]() The collection has been a science project in its study of memory, in the calculation and plotting of the moments that make up a childhood. ![]() Inspired by a brother's high school science project-a perpetual motion machine that could save the world- The Perpetual Motion Machine is a memoir in essays that attempts to save a sibling by depicting the visceral pain that accompanies longing for some past impossibility. ![]() A memoir exploring a young woman's troubled childhood, her bond with her older brother, and the toll of drugs and alcohol on their lives. ![]()
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