Bibliograph

The twenty-seventh letter of the alphabet, a memoir, Kim Adrian

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The twenty-seventh letter of the alphabet, a memoir, Kim Adrian

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The twenty-seventh letter of the alphabet

Oclc number

1027770054

Responsibility statement

Kim Adrian

Series statement

American lives series

Sub title

a memoir

Summary

"Growing up in the New Jersey suburbs of the 1970s and 1980s in a family warped by mental illness, addiction, and violence, Kim Adrian spent her childhood ducking for cover from an alcoholic father prone to terrifying acts of rage and trudging through a fog of confusion with her mother, a suicidal incest survivor hooked on prescription drugs. Family memories were buried--even as they were formed--and truth was obscured by lies and fantasies. In [this book], Adrian tries to make peace with this troubled past by cataloguing memories, anecdotes, and bits of family lore in the form of a glossary"--Back cover

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