Bibliograph

Long live the tribe of fatherless girls, a memoir, T Kira Madden

Type

Label

Long live the tribe of fatherless girls, a memoir, T Kira Madden

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Long live the tribe of fatherless girls

Oclc number

1033782506

Responsibility statement

T Kira Madden

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

"Acclaimed literary essayist T Kira Madden's raw and redemptive debut memoir is about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager amidst the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton, Florida--a place where she found cultlike privilege, shocking racial disparities, rampant white-collar crime, and powerfully destructive standards of beauty hiding in plain sight.... It's a story about trauma and forgiveness, about families of blood and affinity, both lost and found, unmade and rebuilt, crooked and beautiful."--Front flap of jacket

Table Of Contents

Part I: The feels of love. Uncle Nuke -- Pencil -- Why you like it -- Even the dogs -- Just one look is worth a thousand words -- Womanly things -- Show name -- Cry baby -- Bugs -- The lizard -- Chicken & stars -- Rewired -- The feels of love -- Part II: The greeter. Cousin Cindy -- Can I pet your back? -- Long live the tribe of fatherless girls -- How to survive in Boca Raton -- The greeter -- People like them -- Brothers -- Big hair, big hearts -- I'm still here -- Another word for creep -- Footnote -- Collected dates with my father -- Part III: Tell the women I'm lonely. Kuleana

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