An American Childhood
An American Childhood
Based on Peter S. Hawkins Review
An American Childhood, by Annie Dillard, is a happy memoir of
Annies own life, a child of a well-to-do Pittsburgh family.
Dillard remembers much of her childhood and doesnt hesitate to tell us
a bit of it. Author Flannery OConner once said, “any novelist who
could survive her childhood had enough to write about for a lifetime.”
This was most certainly the case for Dillard.
A persons childhood is something that cannot be forgotten.
From grandparents telling their grandchildren about when they
were their age, to criminals pleading that their childhood caused them
to become evil, our first years are our most important. Annie Dillard
certainly remembered her childhood.
It is clear that what Dillard tells us about her life is true.
It is easy to classify Dillard as an avid reader as she
constantly mentions all her books. “As a child I read hoping to learn
everything, so I could be like my father,” Dillard
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