Sara Mansfield Taber holds a BA from Carleton College, an MSW from the University of Washington, and a doctorate from Harvard University. She is the author of Dusk on the Campo: A Journey in Patagonia (1992), Of Many Lands: Journal of a Traveling Childhood (1999), and Bread of Three Rivers: The Story of a French Loaf (2002). Her memoirs and essays have been published in the Southwest Review and the Washington Post, and produced for National Public Radio. She has taught at Johns Hopkins University and currently teaches at the Bethesda Writer’s Center and at the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Married with two children, she lives in the Washington, D.C., area.
"Born under an Assumed Name is as delicately wrought as bone china
. . . A beautiful, mysterious, and unexpectedly suspenseful story
of the struggle to find a place in the world."—William O'Sullivan,
editor, Washingtonian
"Taber has worked magic with this intoxicating memoir of her
childhood. This vibrant family portrait of love and heartache also
reveals much about America—our passion, confusion, contradictions,
and especially the tragedy we bring upon the world despite our very
best intentions."—Mary Stucky, reporter, Minnesota Public Radio
"Lyrical and evocative prose . . . These tales of coming of age are
filled with the exotic flavors of far-flung places but also touch
on close-to-the-bone feelings about family and childhood
relationships that befall all of us, no matter where we grow
up."—Sandra Dibble, reporter, San Diego Union-Tribune
"With a poet's sensibility, a seasoned journalist's sense of where
and when to probe, and a ravishing talent for conveying the exotic,
Taber's writing is on par with anything by M. F. K. Fisher, Jan
Morris, or V. S. Naipaul. Everyone who wants to understand America
should read this book."—C. M. Mayo, author of Miraculous Air:
Journey of a Thousand Miles through Baja California, the Other
Mexico
"A gorgeous and shocking tale . . . Taber's poetic, vivid language
bathes us in cultural beauty and harsh realities, her psychological
insights into the costs of a clandestine life are fascinating, and
her ability to electrify history during the era of 'red devils'
make this memoir a sizzling read."—Carole Geithner, author of If
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