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Fierce Attachments, Vivian Gornick, 1987, United States, AUTOBIOGRAPHY

"...Now middle-aged and divorced, she writes for a living and takes long walks through the city with her mother while they carry on conversations that quite often turn into heated debates. Through their present-day discussions and Vivian Gornick's memories, her mother emerges as strong-willed and opinionated, a woman with a level of sensitivity and curiosity that enables her to discern the emotional climate of the neighborhood by listening to the rise and fall of voices through windows..."

(E.B., p. 198)