Book Detail

Love, Loss, and What I Wore

Publication Information
Author:  Beckerman, Ilene Illustrator:  Beckerman, Ilene
Title:  Love, Loss, and What I Wore Date:  1995
Publisher:  Algonquin Books City:  Chapel Hill, N.C.
ISBN, paperback:  0-56512-111-2 ISBN, hardback:  

Recommended audience:
ABE/ABLE:   Yes ESOL:  
Family:   Young Adult:  
Picture:   Yes

General Information:
Book Type(s):    diaries and journals, biography and autobiography, memoirs/reminiscences

HSE Descriptor(s):   

Summary:
The author reminisces indirectly by depicting and describing outfits she wore at times of loss in her life. This clever book has a limited audience: urban (especially New York), women, and people interested in fashion design.

Teaching Ideas:
Because the author focuses the narrative on clothing and only indirectly on the divorce of her parents, the death of her mother, and her own divorce, learners might want to create a timeline or summarize the sequence of events. Students interested in fashion might pick a favorite outfit and write a story about it or write about an event in his or her own life and illustrate it.

Keywords: select any link below for a list of resources which also have that keyword
bullet Celebration > traditions
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > coming-of-age
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > divorce
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > fear
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > emotions > grief
bullet Emotions-Personal Issues > personal issues > individual > resourcefulness
bullet Communities > urban
bullet Art and Photography > art > fashion design


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