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The perpetual motion machine : a memoir / Brittany Ackerman.

by Ackerman, Brittany, 1989-

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Red Hen Press, 2018.

Ackerman, Brittany, 1989-

Ackerman, Brittany, 1989- -- Childhood and youth.

Women authors, American -- Biography.

Siblings -- United States -- Biography.

9781597096911 (pbk.)

135 p. ; 21 cm.

Fire drill -- You can fly -- The Big Apple -- Into the Hudson -- Papagalos -- Prisoners -- Bullfight -- Square pizzas -- Escape from the bottom -- Mario saves the princess -- Apples to oranges -- The transportation center -- A brief history of partying -- In the forest -- Birthday girl -- Much needed prayer -- The perpetual motion machine -- Space mountain.

"When my brother was in high school he attempted to build a perpetual motion machine, a machine that can do work indefinitely, to save the world. That machine was my brother's experiment; this book is mine. It is in the text where I dissect our relationship and try to understand myself. Writing down my experiences metamorphosizes them in an attempt to keep them close, to always be surrounded by the memories that I often feel so distant from. My research has been investigating photo albums, interviewing my brother and parents, finding out what I was like as a child. I knew there was a purpose, something bigger happening than I could fathom; an unstoppable urge, a movement, a force set in motion forever by writing down the words. What I have found is that there is always hope available and present in times of chaos, even perpetual chaos"--From publisher.

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