Thomas Fleming | Mysteries of My Father: An Irish-American MemoirĪfter inhaling Frank McCourt's memoir trilogy, I reached for this book praised by McCourt, from the pen of prolific historian (and Library member) Thomas Fleming. For more, see Writing My Life, posted several years ago and featuring Library staff's favorite memoirs, autobiograhies, and published journals. A sympathetic and deeply moving story.In this installment of staff book recommendations, the focus is on authors who have turned their gaze and writing skills upon their own families. Andrew McCarthy, author of The Longest Way HomeĪs she depicts the dynamics of a unique, occasionally fraught, gay parent-straight child relationship, Abbott offers unforgettable glimpses into a community that has since left an indelible mark on both the literary and social histories of one of America's most colorful cities. It also captures something much more important: what it means to be truly loved-and to love truly. Dani Shapiro, author of Devotion: A MemoirĬlear-eyed and heartrending, Fairyland captures a singular time and place in American history. Honor Moore, Author of Our RevolutionĪ beautiful, haunting book that instructs, even as it breaks our hearts. As the portrait of a conspiracy of love between a father and a daughter, it is heartrending, a brilliant addition to the literature of American memoir. Gorgeous.As a chronicle of the moment when the San Francisco of Armistad Maupin became the city of Harvey Milk, when gay and experimental poetry flourished in California, Fairyland is vivid and indelible. Alison Bechdel, author of Are You My Mother? Generous, precise, and deeply moving, Fairyland is a love story that not only brings a new generational perspective to a history we're in danger of forgetting, but irrevocably shifts the way we think about family itself. The New YorkerĪlysia beautifully remembers the innocence of the age between the disappearance of the Beats and the onset of AIDS. Sofia Coppolaĭoubles as a portrait of a city and a community at a crucial point in history.funny, strange, and sweet.
I love the book Fairyland it's a sweet and unique love story of a girl and her dad.
More than the story of just one person also open a window on an entire society. Alexandra Styron - New York Times Book Review
Terry Gross - NPR's Fresh AirĬompassionate, cleareyed.
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