Io Tillett Wright

Darling Days (eBook, ePUB)

A Memoir

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This "extraordinary memoir" from a gender non-conforming child of the '80s, is "brave and true, as devastating as it is inspiring." -Jill Soloway, Emmy-award winning creator of Transparent Born into the bedlam of downtown New York in the eighties, iO Tillett Wright came of age at the intersection of punk, poverty, heroin, and art. This was a world of self-invented characters, glamorous superstars, and strung-out sufferers, ground zero of drag and performance art. Still, no personality was more vibrant and formidable than iO's mother's, Rhonna, a showgirl and young widow. At the center ofDarling Daysis the remarkable relationship between a fiery kid and a domineering ma-a bond defined by freedom and control, excess and sacrifice; by heartbreaking deprivation, agonizing rupture, and, ultimately, forgiveness. Darling Daysis also a provocative examination of culture and identity, of the courage and resilience it takes to listen closely to your deepest self. When a group of boys refuse to let six-year-old, female-born iO play ball, iO instantly adopts a new persona, becoming a boy named Ricky-a choice iO's parents support. Alternating between the harrowing and the hilarious,Darling Daysis the candid, tough, and stirring memoir of a young person in search of an authentic self as family and home life devolve into chaos. "Earnest and heartfelt." -Kirkus Reviews "A terrific, terrific book." -Anthony Bourdain, New York Times bestselling author and host of Parts Unknown "A high-octane cocktail of radiant ink, wild anecdotes, bad behavior, and gritty truths." -Tom Robbins, New York Times bestselling author of Even Cowgirls Get the Blues "The prose is beautiful and aches with emotion." -Publishers Weekly

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
• Seitenzahl: 399
• Erscheinungstermin: 21. November 2023
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062368225
• Artikelnr.: 44848940

Autorenporträt

iO Tillett Wright is an artist, activist, actor, speaker, TV host and writer. iO's work deals with identity, be it through photography and the Self Evident Truths Project/We Are You campaign or on television as the co-host of MTV's Suspect. iO has exhibited artwork in New York and Tokyo, was a featured contributor on Underground Culture to T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and has had photography featured in GQ, Elle, New York Magazine, and The New York Times Magazine. iO is a regular speaker at universities, discussing expanding one's circle of normalcy and embracing those that are different than you. A native New Yorker, iO is now based in Los Angeles.

Rezensionen

Gender-defying iO Tillett Wright mixes such a high-octane cocktail of radiant ink, wild anecdotes, bad behavior, and gritty truths -topped off with an unexpected tonic of transcendence-it could stagger Charles Dickens, electrify Maxim Gorky, and cause Jane Austen to walk around in army boots Tom Robbins