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Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir
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About Long Live The Tribe Of Fatherless Girls: A Memoir
Product Description “The book I wish I’d had growing up.” ―Chanel Miller, author of Know My NameBest Books of 2019: Esquire O, The Oprah Magazine Variety Lit Hub Book Riot Electric Literature AutostraddleFinalist: NBCC John Leonard First Book Prize Lambda Literary AwardNew York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice SelectionPaste Best Memoirs of the DecadeElle Best Books of the SeasonWashington Post Best Books of the MonthIndie Next Pick Indies Introduce Pick"A fearless debut." ―New York Times"[A] gorgeous reckoning." ―Washington Post"Flat out breathtaking." ―Lit Hub"Gripping and gloriously written." ―Elle"Utterly unforgettable." ―NYLON"Unnervingly satisfying." ―Oprah Magazine"Deeply compassionate." ―NPR.org"Truly stunning." ―CosmopolitanAcclaimed 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, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls 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.One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year: Entertainment Weekly, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, The Millions, Nylon, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, Refinery29, and many more Review "One of the best, most evocative titles of the release season." - The Millions"This is a vast, arresting story. It’s a story of loving addicts. Of a queer sexual awakening. Of inhabiting a female body in America. Of biracial identity. Of obsessive, envy-fueled friendships. Of assault. It’s a eulogy and a love song. It’s about girls and the women they become. And it’s all compulsively readable, not just because of those big themes, but because of the embodied, needle-fine moments that make the stories sing." - New York Times Book Review, Editors' Choice"Gripping and gloriously written . . . Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls, a memoir from the literary essayist T Kira Madden, is a searing, vivid, and deeply thoughtful take on growing up in a turbulent family in Boca Raton, Florida" - Elle, "Best Books of Spring""Gorgeous . . . [Madden’s] story is filled with desire and loss, love and forgiveness, and it’s an utterly unforgettable debut." - NYLON"Madden, ‘a writer, photographer, and amateur magician,’ pulls a rabbit out of her hat and turns her life into art in this gorgeous reckoning" - Washington Post, "Best Books of the Month""Madden brings her sharply funny voice to her new book, which humanely explores her coming of age as a biracial queer teenager in Boca Raton, Florida, and the climate of abuse and addiction that surrounded her." - Entertainment Weekly, "Most Anticipated Books of 2019""The literary equivalent of sucking on a Warhead: at once nostalgically sweet, stingingly sour, and unnervingly satisfying. Set mostly against the helter-skelter backdrop of Boca Raton―a place of both privilege and immense squalor―these vignettes acutely capture the grit of girlhood" - Oprah Magazine"Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls is a deeply compassionate book, though not an apologetic one. In
