Inventing The Novel

Download or read book Inventing Memory written by Erica Jong and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2007-08-02 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1997, Inventing Memory is about four generations of remarkable women from a Jewish-American family-their triumphs, tragedies, scandals, and love affairs-as related by Sara Solomon, the youngest of these women. While trying to chronicle their history, the story becomes essentially hers, as she comes to understand the nature of memory, the way all of us both invent and assimilate our ancestors. In learning about the women in her family, Sara discovers how to create her own future.