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Let's never talk about this again : a memoir / Sara Faith Alterman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2020Edition: First editionDescription: xiii, 256 pages ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781538748671
  • 1538748673
Other title:
  • Let us never talk about this again
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Contents:
Part I: Before. The duck room ; Hear ye, hear ye ; Uck, feh ; Sara of the 01776 ; Altersped ; Ace ; Out of the woods -- Part II: During. Nice mooves ; Glug glug glug ; Family business ; The best we can -- Part III: After. The dream gorilla ; Ups and downs ; The hometown nostalgia send-off tour ; Fifty-fifty ; That guy is born ; Never wake a sleeping baby ; Skilled care ; So that's jazz ; Love you forever ; Everything after that.
Summary: "Sara was at the tender age of 12 when she found the skeleton in her prudish parents' closet: a series of novelty sex books crammed high up on a shelf in her childhood living room, all written by Sara's ordinary suburban dad, Ira. For decades the books were an unspoken secret in Sara's family until Ira developed early onset Alzheimer's disease...and announced he'd be reviving his novelty porn career. With Sara's help. In this cringe-worthy, unique, moving memoir--based on her New York Times piece--Sara shares the profound loss of the father she knew and loved as she attempts desperately to welcome the pervy neurological stranger who has taken his place. As heartwarming as it is heartbreaking, Let's Never Talk About This Again is a must-read confessional from a woman who spent years trying to find humor in the perverse and optimism in the darkness, and succeeded"-- Provided by publisher.
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Adult Book Adult Book Dr. James Carlson Library NonFiction 616.8311 A466 Available 33111009750429
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Samantha Irby meets Bettyville in this darkly funny and poignant memoir about love, loss, Alzheimer's, and reviving her father's pornographic writing career, from writer and Mortified liveproducer Sara Faith Alterman.

Twelve-year-old Sara enjoyed an G-rated existence in suburban New England, filled with over-the-top birthday cakes, Revolutionary War reenactments, and nerdy word games invented by her prudish father, Ira. But Sara's world changed for the icky when she discovered that Ira had been shielding her from the truth: that he was a campy sex writer who'd sold millions of books in multiple languages, including the wildly popular Games You Can Play with Your Pussy . Which was, to the naïve Sara's horror, not a book about cats. For decades the books remained an unspoken family secret, until Ira developed early onset Alzheimer's disease . . . and announced he'd be reviving his writing career. With Sara's help.
In this cringeworthy, hilarious, and moving memoir, Sara shares the profound experience of discovering new facets of her father; once as a child, and again as an adult. Let's Never Talk About This Again is a must-read confessional from a woman who spent years trying to find humor in the perverse and optimism in the darkness, and succeeded.

Part I: Before. The duck room ; Hear ye, hear ye ; Uck, feh ; Sara of the 01776 ; Altersped ; Ace ; Out of the woods -- Part II: During. Nice mooves ; Glug glug glug ; Family business ; The best we can -- Part III: After. The dream gorilla ; Ups and downs ; The hometown nostalgia send-off tour ; Fifty-fifty ; That guy is born ; Never wake a sleeping baby ; Skilled care ; So that's jazz ; Love you forever ; Everything after that.

"Sara was at the tender age of 12 when she found the skeleton in her prudish parents' closet: a series of novelty sex books crammed high up on a shelf in her childhood living room, all written by Sara's ordinary suburban dad, Ira. For decades the books were an unspoken secret in Sara's family until Ira developed early onset Alzheimer's disease...and announced he'd be reviving his novelty porn career. With Sara's help. In this cringe-worthy, unique, moving memoir--based on her New York Times piece--Sara shares the profound loss of the father she knew and loved as she attempts desperately to welcome the pervy neurological stranger who has taken his place. As heartwarming as it is heartbreaking, Let's Never Talk About This Again is a must-read confessional from a woman who spent years trying to find humor in the perverse and optimism in the darkness, and succeeded"-- Provided by publisher.

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