“Vanasco explores the intricacies of the human psyche with stunning poignancy.” Vanasco's characters and settings are vivid, prismatic, and surreal.” In language that is understated and economical, Vanasco brings to life the father she loved with an almost frightening force. a haunting exploration of perception, memory, and the complexities of grief. Reminiscent of Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts . As the pages fly by, we’re right by Vanasco, breathlessly experiencing her grief, mania, revelations, and―ultimately―her relief.” 'synopsis' may belong to another edition of this title. A brilliant exploration of the human psyche, The Glass Eye deepens our definitions of love, sanity, grief, and recovery. Jeannie Vanasco pulls us into her unraveling with such intimacy that her insanity becomes palpable, even logical. It becomes a puzzle Jeannie feels she must solve to better understand herself and her father.

Obsession turns to investigation as Jeannie plumbs her childhood awareness of her dead half sibling and hunts for clues into the mysterious circumstances of her death. The Glass Eye is Jeannie's struggle to honor her father, her larger-than-life hero but also the man who named her after his daughter from a previous marriage, a daughter who died.Īfter his funeral, Jeannie spends the next decade in escalating mania, in and out of hospitals―increasingly obsessed with the other Jeanne. The night before her father dies, eighteen-year-old Jeannie Vanasco promises she will write a book for him. As the pages fly by, we’re right by Vanasco, breathlessly experiencing her grief, mania, revelations, and―ultimately ― her relief.' ― Entertainment WeeklyĪ Poets & Writers' Best Nonfiction Debut of 2017Ī Barnes & Noble Discover Great Writers Pickįor fans of Maggie Nelson and Meghan O’Rourke, Jeannie Vanasco emerges as a definitive new voice in this stunning portrait of a daughter's love for her father and her near-unraveling after his death.

The glass eye a memoir