KooKooLand: A Memoir

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KooKooLand: A Memoir

Gloria Norrisâ€™sÂ KooKooLandÂ is aÂ memoir written on the edge of aÂ knife blade. Chilling, intensely moving,Â and darkly funny, it cuts to the heartÂ and soul of a troubled American family,Â and announces the arrival of a startlinglyÂ original voice.

Gloria Norris grew up in the projects ofÂ Manchester, New Hampshire with her parents,Â her sister, Virginia, and her cat, Sylvester. AÂ snapshot might show a happy, young family,Â but only a dummkopf would buy that.Â

Nine-year-old Gloria is gutsy and wisecracking.Â Her father, Jimmy, all dazzle andÂ danger, is often on the far side of the law andÂ makes his own rulesâ€”which everyone elseÂ better follow. Gloriaâ€™s mom, Shirley, triesÂ not to rock the boat, Virginia unwisely defiesÂ Jimmy, and Gloria fashions herself into hisÂ sidekickâ€”the son he never had.

Jimmy takes Gloria everywhere. Hunting,Â to the racetrack, to slasher movies, andÂ to his parentsâ€™ dingy barâ€”a hole in the wallÂ with pickled eggs and pickled alkies. But itÂ is at Hank Piasecnyâ€™s gun shop that GloriaÂ meets the person who will change her life.Â While Hank and Jimmy trade good-humoredÂ insults, Gloria comes under the spell ofÂ Hankâ€™s college-age daughter,Â Susan. Brilliant, pretty,Â kind, and ambitious,Â Susan is everythingÂ Gloria longs to Â beâ€”and can be, provided she dreams big andÂ aces third grade like Susan tells her to.Â

But, one night, a brutal act changes theÂ course of all their lives. The story that unfoldsÂ is a profound portrait of how violence echoesÂ through a family, and through a community.Â From the tragedy, Gloria finds a way to carveÂ out a future on her own terms and ends upÂ just where she wants to be. Gripping andÂ unforgettable,Â KooKooLandÂ is a triumph.
Country USA
Brand Regan Arts.
Manufacturer Regan Arts.
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber 9781682450789
ReleaseDate 2017-03-14
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781682450789

Country	USA
Brand	Regan Arts.
Manufacturer	Regan Arts.
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	9781682450789
ReleaseDate	2017-03-14
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781682450789

KooKooLand: A Memoir

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