Gone to the Crazies - A Memoir

Alison Weaver''s privileged upbringing hid the darker undertones of her childhood until her parents shipped her away, at fifteen, to the cultish Cascade School, warping her perception of reality. Upon graduation, set adrift in New York''s East Village in the 1990s, her life began a downward spiral marked by needles and late-night parties. Stumbling into free fall and mingling with fears of death, she was forced to face her darkness. Here is Weaver''s thoughtful exploration of what it means to fight for identity and equilibrium.

About the author

Alison Weaver is copublisher of the literary journal H.O.W., the proceeds of which go to needy orphans worldwide. Her work has appeared in Small Spiral Notebook, Opium magazine, Red China, and the Fifth Street Review.

Product details

• Authors: Alison Weaver
• Publisher: Harper Perennial USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.07.2008
• EAN: 9780061374012
• ISBN: 978-0-06-137401-2
• No. of pages: 256
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 15 mm
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > History > Contemporary history (1945 to 1989); Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Personal Memoirs, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Sociology / General, SELF-HELP: Personal Growth / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Historical, HISTORY: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Culinary, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Essays, SOCIAL SCIENCE: Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General