The word "home" means something different to each of us. Mickey Pearlman has gathered together a group of writing women whose memories of home present a panorama of experience: Sandra Benitez, Maxine Hong Kingston, Mary Morris, Kathryn Harrison, Francine Prose, Arlene Hirschfelder, Erica Jong, Jill McCorkle, Melinda Worth Popham, Julie Smith, lucille clifton, Dani Shapiro, Marcie Hershman, Meg Pei, Carole Maso, Rosellen Brown, Jane Shapiro, Sylvia Watanabe, and Lois Lowry.

These writers look back to a place that sometimes appears as solid and unyielding as a piece of granite, but is actually as vital and elusive as a heartbeat. A Place Called Home: Twenty Writing Women Remember is a collection of original writing that you will cherish.

"This evocative collection of essays by 20 women writers...is proof that you can go home again... 'A'" -- Entertainment Weekly

"These essays will jog your memory, infuse you with regret and longing and alternately warm and rend your heart". -- Miami Herald