The book I wish I\'d had growing up.
One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year: Entertainment Weekly, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, The Millions, Nylon, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, Refinery29, and many more.
It\'s a story about trauma and forgiveness, about families of blood and affinity, both lost and found, unmade and rebuilt, crooked and beautiful.
With unflinching honesty and lyrical prose, spanning from 1960s Hawai\'i to the present-day struggle of a young woman mourning the loss of a father while unearthing truths that reframe her reality, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls is equal parts eulogy and love letter.
Facing a culture of assault and objectification, she found lifelines in the desperately loving friendships of Fatherless girls.
The only child of parents continually battling drug and alcohol addictions, Madden confronted her environment alone.
But under the surface was a wild instability.
As a child, Madden lived a life of extravagance, from her exclusive private school to her equestrian trophies and designer shoe-brand name. -- Cosmopolitan 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 cult-like privilege, shocking racial disparities, rampant white-collar crime, and powerfully destructive standards of beauty hiding in plain sight. --NPR.org Truly stunning. -- Oprah Magazine Deeply compassionate. -- NYLON Unnervingly satisfying. -- Elle Utterly unforgettable. -- Lit Hub Gripping and gloriously written. -- Washington Post Flat out breathtaking. -- New York Times A] gorgeous reckoning. --Chanel Miller, author of Know My Name Best Books of 2019: Esquire O, The Oprah Magazine Variety Lit Hub Book Riot Electric Literature Autostraddle Finalist: NBCC John Leonard First Book Prize Lambda Literary Award New York Times Book Review Editors\' Choice Selection Paste Best Memoirs of the Decade Elle Best Books of the Season Washington Post Best Books of the Month Indie Next Pick Indies Introduce Pick A fearless debut.
The book I wish I\'d had growing up
