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Chargement... Fiction Ruined My Familypar Jeanne Darst
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Jeannies story of growing up in a 'writer's family' is quite entertaining. She and her 3 sisters are constantly being judged by what they are reading- by their father, who spends his life writing the 'great American novel'-- which is always on the verge of completion! Basically her father is so preoccupied with the book he can't hold down a job. Her mother is a neurotic alcoholic and is absent from any mothering. Jeanne writes about having crabs- which I thought "okay, this is not necessary" but she had me roaring! She writes about her alcoholism as a race with her mom and explains her drinking very sardonically. Very funny- a laugh out loud, while at the same time, very sad. Darst's book is another in a long line of , "look at my crazy childhood/life/career choices" memoirs. Quite often I found her annoying, with her insistence that One Has to Suffer For Art. At 20, it's understandable. At 30, you're just avoiding growing up. In any case, I kept reading because Darst does make her crazy family interesting, the passages on her dad's Fitzgerald obsession in particular. I also liked her snarky POV, but sometimes the story was disjointed - she'd mention someone by first name only out of the blue, with no prior reference to who they were or how they related to the story. That said, if you want a truly riveting take on the memoir, check out "The Liars Club" or the one by Jeanette Walls that's escaping me right now. Oh and you might remember Darst from the This American Life episode, "Frenemies" where her sister marries a Muslim. Which? Doesn't even come up. Der hell?
In this memoir, freelance writer Darst has a brilliant eye for the absurd, sad, and often hilarious circumstances of her family life. Darst’s parents divorced, and their lives took a further turn downward: her father is mistaken for a homeless panhandler and her mother becomes “less and less of a mother you could take out in public.” With her own life a mess, Darst realizes she embodies the worst qualities of both her parents. With cutting language, she chronicles the perils and joys of the writing life and her journey toward sobriety and truth. (Oct.) Filled with brilliantly flawed, idiosyncratic characters and punctuated by Darst's irreverent eye for absurdity, FICTION RUINED MY FAMILY is a lovingly told, wickedly funny portrait of an unconventional life.
"A deeply funny and bittersweet memoir of having grown up in an eccentric family of faded wealth and gentility (think shades of Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums) in which the father's failed dreams of being a writer put the family in the poor-house, drove the mother to weepy alcoholism, and provided Jeanne with a highly unusual approach to life--and a wicked sense of humor"--Provided by publisher. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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That being said, I really liked this book. Jeanne is hilarious and I really enjoyed reading about her life. Her writing style is fantastic. For the first time, I read a memoir and actually came out feeling like I knew the person. I would, and have already, suggest that people read this book; especially if one has a good sense of humor. ( )