Author Claire Kahane visits the North Bran ch to discuss her memoir \;Nine Lives\, \;available from Brandylane Publishers. \; \;
\nAbout \;Nine Lives:
\nIn this tell-all memoir\, a woman in her eighties\, born durin g the Great Depression to Jewish immigrants\, unveils her intimate self-tr ansformations in the course of nine decades. Determined at an early age to prove herself a free spirit in a male dominated world\, as a young adult Kahane went on the road\, \;hitchhiking her way into and out of risky adventures and romantic affairs\, ceaselessly chasing new experiences. But what started out as a &ldquo\;road book&rdquo\; takes a different turn in midlife when\, influenced by the insights of psychoanalysis and feminism\ , she became a feminist professor\, mother\, and wife. In later life\, her story changed tracks again when a visit to Auschwitz compelled her to con front her own family history of loss and renewal. The memoir ends with a s urprising new twist that opens to a hopeful future. In this long and hard- earned coming-of-age story\, readers will find a piece of themselves.
\ nAbout Claire:
\nClaire Kahane is a retired Professor of English at the University at Buffalo and a Visiting Scholar in the English Departm ent at the UC Berkeley. \; \;A feminist-psychoanalytic critic\, sh e has published books and essays on hysteria in British fiction\, the Goth ic as a genre\, and Holocaust trauma in literature. \; \;Her recen t memoir\, &ldquo\;Nine Lives: My Risky Road from Fifties Rebel to Feminis t Critic &ldquo\; has been reviewed in \;Kirkus Reviews Magazine\, whi ch describes it as &ldquo\;An engaging memoir of life lived to its fullest .&rdquo\; \;
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