Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir
Author: T. Kira Madden |Ā Paperback
Best Books of 2019:Ā Esquire O, The Oprah MagazineĀ VarietyĀ Lit HubĀ Book RiotĀ Electric LiteratureĀ Autostraddle
Finalist: NBCC John Leonard First Book Prize Lambda Literary Award
New York Times Book ReviewĀ Editors' Choice Selection
Acclaimed literary essayist T Kira Madden's raw and redemptive debut memoir is about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager amidst the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton, Florida, a place where she found cult-like privilege, shocking racial disparities, rampant white-collar crime, and powerfully destructive standards of beauty hiding in plain sight.
As a child, Madden lived a life of extravagance, from her exclusive private school to her equestrian trophies and designer shoe-brand name. But under the surface was a wild instability. The only child of parents continually battling drug and alcohol addictions, Madden confronted her environment alone. Facing a culture of assault and objectification, she found lifelines in the desperately loving friendships of fatherless girls.
With unflinching honesty and lyrical prose, spanning from 1960s Hawai'i to the present-day struggle of a young woman mourning the loss of a father while unearthing truths that reframe her reality,Ā Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless GirlsĀ is equal parts eulogy and love letter. It's a story about trauma and forgiveness, about families of blood and affinity, both lost and found, unmade and rebuilt, crooked and beautiful.
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Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir
Author: T. Kira Madden |Ā Paperback
Best Books of 2019:Ā Esquire O, The Oprah MagazineĀ VarietyĀ Lit HubĀ Book RiotĀ Electric LiteratureĀ Autostraddle
Finalist: NBCC John Leonard First Book Prize Lambda Literary Award
New York Times Book ReviewĀ Editors' Choice Selection
Acclaimed literary essayist T Kira Madden's raw and redemptive debut memoir is about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager amidst the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton, Florida, a place where she found cult-like privilege, shocking racial disparities, rampant white-collar crime, and powerfully destructive standards of beauty hiding in plain sight.
As a child, Madden lived a life of extravagance, from her exclusive private school to her equestrian trophies and designer shoe-brand name. But under the surface was a wild instability. The only child of parents continually battling drug and alcohol addictions, Madden confronted her environment alone. Facing a culture of assault and objectification, she found lifelines in the desperately loving friendships of fatherless girls.
With unflinching honesty and lyrical prose, spanning from 1960s Hawai'i to the present-day struggle of a young woman mourning the loss of a father while unearthing truths that reframe her reality,Ā Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless GirlsĀ is equal parts eulogy and love letter. It's a story about trauma and forgiveness, about families of blood and affinity, both lost and found, unmade and rebuilt, crooked and beautiful.
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Author: T. Kira Madden |Ā Paperback
Best Books of 2019:Ā Esquire O, The Oprah MagazineĀ VarietyĀ Lit HubĀ Book RiotĀ Electric LiteratureĀ Autostraddle
Finalist: NBCC John Leonard First Book Prize Lambda Literary Award
New York Times Book ReviewĀ Editors' Choice Selection
Acclaimed literary essayist T Kira Madden's raw and redemptive debut memoir is about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager amidst the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton, Florida, a place where she found cult-like privilege, shocking racial disparities, rampant white-collar crime, and powerfully destructive standards of beauty hiding in plain sight.
As a child, Madden lived a life of extravagance, from her exclusive private school to her equestrian trophies and designer shoe-brand name. But under the surface was a wild instability. The only child of parents continually battling drug and alcohol addictions, Madden confronted her environment alone. Facing a culture of assault and objectification, she found lifelines in the desperately loving friendships of fatherless girls.
With unflinching honesty and lyrical prose, spanning from 1960s Hawai'i to the present-day struggle of a young woman mourning the loss of a father while unearthing truths that reframe her reality,Ā Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless GirlsĀ is equal parts eulogy and love letter. It's a story about trauma and forgiveness, about families of blood and affinity, both lost and found, unmade and rebuilt, crooked and beautiful.
