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` iO's mother, Rhonna was a showgirl, actress, dancer, a widow by police murder and an addict who slept with a gun under her pillow. This is an immensely evocative portrait of growing up in a tenement building in 80s and 90s New York, surrounded by drugs, violence, homelessness, punk music and art ' Anita Sethi, Observer
At the centre of Darling Days is the remarkable relationship between a fiery kid and a domineering mother-- defined by heartbreaking deprivation, agonizing rupture, and, ultimately, forgiveness. It's also a provocative and candid story about identity, forged in the East Village.
`It's already a rare and wonderful thing to have a great story-but a unique and compelling voice to tell it with is even rare'. --Anthony Bourdain
` iO Tillett Wright is nothing short of a force of nature-an artist, an activist, and a survivor. iO has packed a lot into few years and in this extraordinary memoir has created something brave and true, as devastating as it is inspiring. --Jill Soloway, Emmy-award winning creator of Transparent"
Gender-defying iO Tillett Wright mixes such a high-octane cocktail of radiant ink, wild anecdotes, bad behavior, and gritty truths-topped off with an unexpected tonic of transcendence- --Tom Robbins"
` iO's mother, Rhonna was a showgirl, actress, dancer, a widow by police murder and an addict who slept with a gun under her pillow. This is an immensely evocative portrait of growing up in a tenement building in 80s and 90s New York, surrounded by drugs, violence, homelessness, punk music and art ' Anita Sethi, Observer
At the centre of Darling Days is the remarkable relationship between a fiery kid and a domineering mother-- defined by heartbreaking deprivation, agonizing rupture, and, ultimately, forgiveness. It's also a provocative and candid story about identity, forged in the East Village.
`It's already a rare and wonderful thing to have a great story-but a unique and compelling voice to tell it with is even rare'. --Anthony Bourdain
` iO Tillett Wright is nothing short of a force of nature-an artist, an activist, and a survivor. iO has packed a lot into few years and in this extraordinary memoir has created something brave and true, as devastating as it is inspiring. --Jill Soloway, Emmy-award winning creator of Transparent"
Gender-defying iO Tillett Wright mixes such a high-octane cocktail of radiant ink, wild anecdotes, bad behavior, and gritty truths-topped off with an unexpected tonic of transcendence- --Tom Robbins"
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
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Genre: | Biographien, Importe |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 452 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9780349005638 |
ISBN-10: | 034900563X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Wright, iO Tillett |
Hersteller: |
Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Press |
Maße: | 195 x 123 x 32 mm |
Von/Mit: | iO Tillett Wright |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.07.2017 |
Gewicht: | 0,361 kg |
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2017 |
---|---|
Genre: | Biographien, Importe |
Rubrik: | Belletristik |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | 452 S. |
ISBN-13: | 9780349005638 |
ISBN-10: | 034900563X |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: | Wright, iO Tillett |
Hersteller: |
Little, Brown Book Group
Virago Press |
Maße: | 195 x 123 x 32 mm |
Von/Mit: | iO Tillett Wright |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 18.07.2017 |
Gewicht: | 0,361 kg |