Fairyland
A Memoir of My Father
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In this vibrant memoir, Alysia Abbott recounts growing up in 1970s San Francisco with Steve Abbott, a gay, single father during an era when that was rare. Reconstructing their time together from a remarkable cache of Steve's writings, Alysia gives us an unforgettable portrait of a tumultuous, historic period in San Francisco as well as an exquisitely moving account of a father's legacy and a daughter's love.
About this Author
Alysia Abbott's work has appeared in Real Simple, Salon, and TheAtlantic.com. She is a graduate of the New School's MFA program and was a contributing producer at WNYC radio. She lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts with her family.
Format: Trade paperback
Pages: 352
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2014-06-02
Reviews
"I'm so glad you wrote this book."
"Compassionate, cleareyed."
"More than the story of just one person; [Fairyland] also open[s] a window on an entire society."
"I love the book Fairyland; it's a sweet and unique love story of a girl and her dad."
"Doubles as a portrait of a city and a community at a crucial point in history...funny, strange, and sweet."
"Alysia beautifully remembers the innocence of the age between the disappearance of the Beats and the onset of AIDS."
"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."
"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. 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."
"A beautiful, haunting book that instructs, even as it breaks our hearts."
"Clear-eyed and heartrending, Fairyland captures a singular time and place in American history. It also captures something much more important: what it means to be truly loved--and to love truly. A beautiful book."
"As 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. A sympathetic and deeply moving story."
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