Blue Suburbia - Almost a Memoir

Blue Suburbia is a searing memoir so fresh, original, and honest that it will break your heart and renew your faith in the human spirit. With each spare stroke of her pen, Laurie Lico Albanese paints a vivid portrait of the blue-collar landscape of her childhood -- rusted swing sets, auto body shops, greasy hands, home improvements -- taking readers along for the wild, treacherous ride that leads to her escape. Her mother may stand silently at the sink year after year, or lie in the basement weeping, but Albanese is determined to flee the deadening certainty of her parents'' lives. Her story does not disappoint us. By turns haunting, hilarious, tragic, and romantic, Blue Suburbia is the chronicle of a determined young woman who overcomes family limitations, socio-economic obstacles, and personal fears to build a happy -- and blessedly ordinary -- life. Written entirely in free verse, Blue Suburbia ''s cadence is a steady, rhythmic heartbeat, pulsing with pain, rebellion, love, and triumph. This is the story many of us might tell, if we had the courage.

Détails du produit

• Auteurs: Laurie Albanese, Laurie Lico Albanese
• Edition: Harper Perennial USA
• Langues: Anglais
• Format d'édition: Livre de poche
• Sortie: 16.03.2004
• EAN: 9780060565633
• ISBN: 978-0-06-056563-3
• Pages: 224
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 203 mm x 12 mm
• Catégories: Littérature > Poésie, théâtre; Sciences humaines, art, musique > Linguistique et littérature > Littérature générale et comparée; Biography: general, Poetry, Memoirs, Literary essays, Diaries, letters and journals, Gender studies: women and girls, Biography: writers, Speeches, FICTION: Women, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Literary Figures, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Women, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Essays, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Rich & Famous, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Letters, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Speeches, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: General, Cookery / food and drink / food writing, Interviews / discussions, LITERARY COLLECTIONS: Interviews