{"product_id":"excavation-a-memoir-paperback-softback-9780810148604","title":"Excavation; A Memoir (Paperback \/ softback) 9780810148604","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eExcavation\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Memoir\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWendy C. Ortiz (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780810148604\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 April 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e296 pages\u003cbr\u003e17.8 x 12.7 x 2.1 cm, 0.454 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"The time has finally arrived when women are telling the truth\u0026amp;mdash the hard truths, the messy, glorious, loud, tender, screeching corporeal truths - about their lives as they live them and not lived as we are asked to live them. Wendy C. Ortiz's writing will rearrange your DNA. Permanently, beautifully\" - Lidia Yuknavitch, author of\u003ci\u003e The Chronology of Water: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Excavation\u003c\/i\u003e by Wendy C. Ortiz will change your life. Readers will find everything here: a gripping and necessary story, luminous writing and an utterly compelling heroine who is both generous and fierce. You will emerge changed, dazzled, energized, disbelieving and yet a believer. Most of all, read this book because, like all great literature, and especially the best memoirs, it will make you feel more alive.\" - Emily Rapp, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Still Point of the Turning World\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003ePoster Child\u003c\/i\u003e \"\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"It's rare to meet a memoirist who can write about the darkest things without judgment and emotional simplification. Wendy C. Ortiz is that kind of writer, and\u003ci\u003e Excavation\u003c\/i\u003e is a book that's devastating, funny, tough, broken, and achingly clear all at the same time.\" - Paul Lisicky, author of \u003ci\u003eLater: My Life at the Edge of the World\u003c\/i\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\" A raw, unflinching memoir, beautifully told, \u003ci\u003eExcavation\u003c\/i\u003e is a portrait of all that roils beneath the teenage surface, a reminder of the secrets that any kid might be hiding. Ortiz is a fearless and generous storyteller, peeling back the layers of memory, exploring her parents' alcoholism and her years-long illicit relationship with a teacher, never slipping into the easy traps of sentimentality or self-pity. This is a brave, illuminating book...\" - Cari Luna, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Revolution of Every Day\u003c\/i\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\u003cbr\u003e \t\" \u003ci\u003eExcavation\u003c\/i\u003e stopped my heart. Its story is vital, cracking open a dialogue about what we keep secret and how those secrets shape our lives. The narrative is direct and unflinching, pulling you, challenging you, the kind of read where you call in sick because ohmygod what happens next but between those moments, Ortiz hits pause and looks back, allowing the reader to breathe with her, to reflect with her, to \" wrestle with ghosts,\" in language so breathtakingly beautiful, so precise and poetic and true.\" - Megan Stielstra, author of \u003ci\u003eOnce I Was Cool\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe acclaimed and groundbreaking memoir from Wendy C. Ortiz\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e A darkly vibrant and daring memoir, Wendy C. Ortiz's \u003ci\u003eExcavation\u003c\/i\u003e challenged the standard telling of abuse narratives when first published in 2014 over a decade later, it remains deeply prescient. Set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley in the late 1980s, the narrative follows the spiraling entanglement between Wendy and her eighth-grade English teacher as she becomes both victim to and participant in a simultaneously predatorial and impassioned relationship. Baited by initial praise and a false sense of control, Wendy tumbles into a dangerous dynamic that spans the duration of her teens. Artfully constructed from her own journals and decades of personal excavation, the story of this secret relationship has imprinted on Wendy and readers alike. A stunningly honest look at memory, agency, and power, \u003ci\u003eExcavation\u003c\/i\u003e will claim your whole heart.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAuthor'\u003cbr\u003es Note \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e98 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e September 98 \u003cbr\u003e Fall 98 \u003cbr\u003e November 9, 98 \u003cbr\u003e Notes on an Excavation: Opportunity School 2 2-2 4 \u003cbr\u003e 98 \u003cbr\u003e 985- 98 \u003cbr\u003e November 98 \u003cbr\u003e Notes on an Excavation: Any Given Day \u003cbr\u003e November 98 \u003cbr\u003e December 98 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1987\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1987 \u003cbr\u003e Home 1987 \u003cbr\u003e Early 1987 \u003cbr\u003e March 1987 \u003cbr\u003e April 1987 \u003cbr\u003e May 1987 \u003cbr\u003e 1987 \u003cbr\u003e June 1987 \u003cbr\u003e July 1987 \u003cbr\u003e Summer 1987 \u003cbr\u003e Notes on an Excavation: 1995 \u003cbr\u003e Summer 1987 \u003cbr\u003e August 1987 \u003cbr\u003e Notes on an Excavation: Why I Didn'\u003cbr\u003et Tell \u003cbr\u003e September 1987 \u003cbr\u003e Fall 1987 \u003cbr\u003e Late Fall 1987 \u003cbr\u003e Notes on an Excavation: 1993-2 \u003cbr\u003e October 1987 \u003cbr\u003e Fall 1987 \u003cbr\u003e Notes on an Excavation: Tools, 2 2 \u003cbr\u003e Notes on an Excavation: Family, 1987 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1988\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e January 1988 \u003cbr\u003e Spring 1988 \u003cbr\u003e Summer 1988 \u003cbr\u003e Fall 1988 \u003cbr\u003e Fall and Winter 1988 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1989\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1989 \u003cbr\u003e Early June 1989 \u003cbr\u003e Early Summer 1989 \u003cbr\u003e Summer 1989 \u003cbr\u003e Notes on an Excavation: Exorcism \u003cbr\u003e Late Summer 1989 \u003cbr\u003e September 1989 \u003cbr\u003e Fall 1989 \u003cbr\u003e Notes on an Excavation: 2 7-2 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e1999 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e 1999 \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e99 \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Summer 99 \u003cbr\u003e Fall 99 \u003cbr\u003e Late Fall 99 \u003cbr\u003e Notes on an Excavation: Present Day Finds \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Northwestern University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52670825333016,"sku":"9780810148604","price":16.55,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/excavation-a-memoir-paperback-softback-9780810148604","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}