by Jenny Slate
First published 2016
Jenny Slate opens the doors of her family's sprawling colonial home near Boston, where every room holds a story. The kitchen sparks one memory, the bedrooms another, while the yard and garden unlock still more tales from the past. Slate teams up with her father Ron, a celebrated poet and essayist, to explore their shared history through this house that may or may not be inhabited by spirits. Together they dig into family quirks, personal confessions, and the moments that shaped them. Their collaboration weaves stories, essays, and poems into a collection that moves from serious reflection to irreverent humor. The house becomes both setting and character, holding the Slate family's accumulated experiences within its walls.
Genres: family-life, autobiography, biography-memoir, 21st-century
Vibes: emotional-atmospheric, intimate, lyrical
Tropes: found-family
Setting: Boston
Period: 21st-century
185 pages · Paperback · Concord Free Press