Chanel bonfire
In "a searing memoir that reads like a novel" (Anne Korkeakivi, An Unexpected Guest), Wendy Lawless deftly charts the highs and lows of growing up with her younger sister in the shadow of an unstable, fabulously neglectful mother. Georgann, a real-life Holly Golightly who constantly reinvents hersel...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Gallery Books,
2013.
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| Edition: | 1st Gallery Books hardcover ed. |
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| Summary: | In "a searing memoir that reads like a novel" (Anne Korkeakivi, An Unexpected Guest), Wendy Lawless deftly charts the highs and lows of growing up with her younger sister in the shadow of an unstable, fabulously neglectful mother. Georgann, a real-life Holly Golightly who constantly reinvents herself as she trades up from trailer park to penthouse, suffers multiple nervous breakdowns and suicide attempts, while Wendy tries to hide the cracks in their fractured family from the rest of the world. Chanel Bonfire depicts a childhood blazed through the refined aeries of the Dakota and the swinging town houses of London, while the girls' beautiful but damned mother desperately searches for glamour and fulfillment. Ultimately, Wendy and her sister must choose between living their own lives and being their mother's warden-the hardest, most painful, yet most important decision each of them will ever make. |
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| Physical Description: | 295 pages ; 22 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781476745480 147674548X 9781451675368 1451675364 9781451675382 1451675380 9781624906794 1624906796 |
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