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Never Let Me Down: A Memoir - Hardcover

Miller, Susan J.

 
9780805044294: Never Let Me Down: A Memoir
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0805044299 ISBN 13: 9780805044294
Verlag: Henry Holt and Co., 1998

Inhaltsangabe

As a child, I didn't know that my father and many of the musicians who sat with their wives in our living room, eating nuts and raisins out of cut-glass candy dishes, were junkies. At the age of twenty-one Susan J. Miller received a stunning blow: she learned her father was a heroin addict. His love of the music led him to the dark side of the New York jazz scene in the '50s and he brought its shadow home. Susan's frank exploration and discussion of how that affected her family and herself in ways deep and lasting won Never Let Me Down stunning critical praise. Paperback readers are waiting for this one-it won't disappoint.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Susan J. Miller lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with her husband and two children. Excerpts from her memoir have appeared in Harper's and Granta. This is her first book.

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Consistent with the current trend to "tell all" about one's childhood, this memoir, a first book, describes a bizarre life growing up with a heroin-addicted father; a passive, hand-wringing mother; and an abusive brother. Miller spent her early years in the Washington Heights neighborhood of Manhattan during the 1950s, enveloped in hopeless fear. Her brother beat her mercilessly and molested her sexually whenever their mother wasn't around. She found her father's musician friends charming and his raw intellect inspiring, yet his erratic behavior frightened her. Learning of his heroin addiction when she was 21 provided some answers and even more questions, especially why her mother continued to stay with her father. The nightmarish quality of her early years gradually emerges as Miller tells her story through a repetitive, almost circular narrative, constantly moving in and out of the past. The technique slowly builds momentum while conveying the impression of an author using the memoir as a vehicle to greater understanding. Her book should appeal to readers interested in learning about addiction and its impact on families.?Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Verlag
Henry Holt and Co.
Erscheinungsdatum
1998
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0805044299
ISBN 13 
9780805044294
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
256
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