Alice Goodman has a BA in English from Skidmore College and an MA in English from NYU -- she has taught college level courses and adult classes in literature, including one at Pelican Cove in 2022.
Course Description
This course will explore 4 memoirs about relationships with the authors' fathers.
The class will meet every other week, giving participants 2 weeks to read each book.
The only required readings are the 4 novels. This is an interactive class, based on participants' sharing. For each class, I will provide questions that we will discuss in class.
The course will be limited to 10 people.
The memoirs are:
PATRIMONY by Philip Roth
An Odyssey by Daniel Mendelsohn
In the Darkroom by Susan Faludi
The Shadow Man by Mary Gordon
