Fiction Ruined My Family

Fiction Ruined My Family
Author :
Publisher : National Geographic Books
Total Pages : 0
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781594486173
ISBN-13 : 1594486174
Rating : 4/5 (73 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Fiction Ruined My Family by : Jeanne Darst

Download or read book Fiction Ruined My Family written by Jeanne Darst and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2012-11-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beautifully paced . . . heartbreaking and hilarious."—USA Today Augusten Burroughs meets Mary Karr: a deeply funny and wickedly entertaining family memoir. The youngest of four daughters in an old, celebrated St. Louis family-- of prominent journalists and politicians on one side, debutantes and equestrians on the other-- Jeanne Darst grew up hearing stories of past grandeur. And the message she internalized as a young girl was clear: While things might be a bit tight for us right now, it’s only temporary. Soon her father would sell the Great American Novel and reclaim the family’s former glory. The Darsts move from St. Louis to New York, and Jeanne’s father writes one novel, then another, which don’t find publishers. This, combined with her mother’s burgeoning alcoholism, lead to financial disaster and divorce. And as Jeanne becomes an adult, she is horrified to discover that she is not only a drinker like her mother, but a writer like her father. At first, and for years, she embraces both activities— and until she can stop putting drinking and writing ahead of everything else, it’s a questionable choice. Ultimately, Darst sets out to discover whether a person can have the writing without the ruin, whether it’s possible to be both sober and creative, ambitious and happy, a professional author and a parent. Filled with brilliantly flawed, idiosyncratic characters and punctuated by Darst’s irreverent eye for absurdity, Fiction Ruined My Family is a lovingly told, wickedly funny portrait of an unconventional life.


Fiction Ruined My Family Related Books

Fiction Ruined My Family
Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Jeanne Darst
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-11-06 - Publisher: National Geographic Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"Beautifully paced . . . heartbreaking and hilarious."—USA Today Augusten Burroughs meets Mary Karr: a deeply funny and wickedly entertaining family memoir. T
Bright Ruined Things
Language: en
Pages: 241
Authors: Samantha Cohoe
Categories: Young Adult Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2022-02-15 - Publisher: Wednesday Books

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

"A deftly-plotted tale about ambition and belonging, Bright Ruined Things takes Shakespeare’s The Tempest and brilliantly reimagines its themes of family and
Ruined: A Novel
Language: en
Pages: 240
Authors: Paula Morris
Categories: Young Adult Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-02-01 - Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A gripping supernatural mystery and romance set in post-Katrina New Orleans.Rebecca couldn't feel more out of place in New Orleans. She's staying in a creepy ho
How I Saved My Father's Life (and Ruined Everything Else)
Language: en
Pages: 129
Authors: Ann Hood
Categories: Young Adult Fiction
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010-02-01 - Publisher: Scholastic Inc.

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Twelve-year-old Madeline believes she can perform miracles. And her biggest one to date is saving her father from an avalanche. But, unmiraculously, he divorces
Almost a Family
Language: en
Pages: 385
Authors: John Darnton
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-03-15 - Publisher: Anchor

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

From the Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and best-selling author: a beautifully crafted memoir of his lifelong chase after his father’s shadow. John was e