Book : Stray A Memoir - Danler, Stephanie

-Titulo Original : Stray A Memoir

-Fabricante :

Vintage

-Descripcion Original:

From the bestselling author of Sweetbitter, a memoir of growing up in a family shattered by lies and addiction, and of one womans attempts to find a life beyond the limits of her past. After selling her first novel--a dream shed worked long and hard for--Stephanie Danler knew she should be happy. Instead, she found herself driven to face the difficult past shed left behind a decade ago: a mother disabled by years of alcoholism, further handicapped by a tragic brain aneurysm; a father who abandoned the family when she was three, now a meth addict in and out of recovery. After years in New York City shes pulled home to Southern California by forces she doesnt totally understand, haunted by questions of legacy and trauma. Here, she works toward answers, uncovering hard truths about her parents and herself as she explores whether its possible to change the course of her history.Stray is a moving, sometimes devastating, brilliantly written and ultimately inspiring exploration of the landscapes of damage and survival. Review [Stray is] fearless, insightful, devastating, and beautiful. It broke my heart, and it twisted up my insides. The stories are still sitting in my gut . . . Danler writes (beautifully, achingly) about the family she comes from and the one shes created for herself. -Laura Marie Meyers, POPSUGAR Danler explores the ugly areas of her past, sorting through troublesome memories to make room for positive change . . . [Stray] is written in gripping and refreshingly plain terms . . . [Danler] asks what it means to lose someone who is still very much alive, and how to rebuild broken bonds. -Annabel Gutterman, TIME Stray invites us to look closely at our own life: our family dynamics, our loss, our trauma, and the moments of happiness that still exist within that fragile frame . . . Stunning prose . . . Danler tells her story candidly . . . The honesty she brings to her reader allows us to think about our own story, the parts that make up a whole without trying to fit our identity into a preordained box. -Frances Yackel, Electric Lit [Danler’s] fiction is as composed and bountiful as one of Jan Davidsz de Heem’s still life . . . Memoir - I say this with reverence - is a selfish act. It asserts the priority of one version of events over all others, that of the individual lucky enough to wield the pen. Danler knows this and openly owns the fact that she can only tell this story with the particular varieties of truth that she can muster . . . It’s such a thrill to watch a writer open up her greediest thoughts, to slice open little pockets of her skin and root around underneath her flesh. -Hillary Kelly, New York Times Book Review Novelist Danler (Sweetbitter) returns to her hometown of Los Angeles and comes to a reckoning in this forceful, eviscerating memoir . . . Danler, writing in precise, elegant prose, outlines her family’s disintegration . . . The result is a penetrating and unforgettable tale of family dysfunction. -Publishers Weekly (Starred)Like most compelling memoirs, the trauma and pure un-fair-ness of her life story will hit readers instantaneously. -Seija Rankin, Entertainment Weekly A raw, often lyrical portrait of pain, loss, and learning to let go. -Leah Greenblatt, Entertainment Weekly In Stray, Danler remembers and relives what it was like growing up the child of addicts and returning home to California after almost a decade away to confront her family’s past. She evaluates how it has weighed on her own life, from the decisions she’s made to the men she’s loved. -Rachel King, Fortune (5 new books to read in May)Stray pokes so closely at the wounds of addiction, heartbreak, and parental failures that it may come as a shock. -Kathryn Lindsay, Refinery29A new book that offers more insight into [Danlers] life . . . Danler writes about returning to Southern California and working to discover truths about her parents and herself. -Lexy Perez, Hol