Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home

Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home

Award-Winning Finalist in the LGBTQ Non-Fiction category of the 2018 Best Book Awards sponsored by American Book Fest

An honest, unfiltered memoir about a girl with an unconventional family.
â€œThe story everyone wants to hear isnâ€™t the story I want to tell.â€ Lara Lillibridge grew up with two momsâ€”an experience that shaped and scarred her at the same time. Told from the perspective of â€œGirl,â€ Lillibridgeâ€™s memoir is the no-holds-barred account of childhood in an atypical household. Personally less concerned with her motherâ€™s sexuality and more with how she fits into a world both disturbed and obsessed with it, Girl finds that, in other peopleâ€™s eyes, â€œThe most interesting thing about me is not about me at all; it is about my parents.â€
It wonâ€™t be long before readers realize that â€œunconventionalâ€ barely scratches the surface. In the early years, Girlâ€™s feminist mother reluctantly allows her to play with her favorite Barbies while her stepmother refuses to comfort her when she wakes up from nightmares. She goes skinny dipping on family vacations in upstate New York and kisses all the boys at church. Girl and her brother travel four thousand milesâ€”unaccompaniedâ€”to visit their father in rural Alaska, where they sleep in a locked cabin without running water, telephone, or electricity. Raised to be a free spirit by norm-defying parents, Girl has to define her own boundaries as she tries to fit into heteronormative suburban life, all while navigating her motherâ€™s expectations, her stepmotherâ€™s mental illness, and her fatherâ€™s serial divorces.
Lillibridge bravely tells her own story and offers a unique perspective. At times humorous and pithy while cringe-worthy and heartbreaking at others, Girlish is a human story that challenges readers to reevaluate their own lives and motivations.
Country USA
Brand Skyhorse
Manufacturer Skyhorse
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2018-04-03
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781510723917

Country	USA
Brand	Skyhorse
Manufacturer	Skyhorse
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2018-04-03
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781510723917

Girlish: Growing Up in a Lesbian Home

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