Título: Darling Days: A Memoir
Autor: iO Tillett Wright
Sinopse: Unfolding in animated, crystalline prose, an emotionally raw, devastatingly powerful memoir of one young woman's extraordinary coming of age—a tale of gender and identity, freedom and addiction, rebellion and survival in the 1980s and 1990s, when punk, poverty, heroin, and art collided in the urban bohemia of New York's Lower East Side. Born into the beautiful bedlam of downtown New York in the eighties, iO Tillett Wright came of age at the intersection of punk, poverty, heroin, and art. This was a world of self-invented characters, glamorous superstars, and strung-out sufferers—ground zero of drag and performance art. Still, no personality was more vibrant and formidable than iO's mother's. Rhonna, a showgirl and young widow, was a mercurial, erratic Glamazon and iO's fiercest defender, her only authority in a world with few boundaries and even fewer indicators of normal life. At the center of Darling Days is the remarkable relationship between a fiery kid and her domineering Ma—a bond defined by freedom and control, excess and sacrifice; by heartbreaking deprivation, agonizing rupture, and, ultimately, forgiveness. Darling Days is also a provocative examination of culture and identity, and of the courage and resilience of a child listening closely to her deepest self. When a group of boys refuse to let six-year-old iO play ball, she instantly adopts a new persona, becoming a boy named Ricky—a choice her parents support and celebrate. It is the start of a profound exploration of gender and identity through the tenderest years, and the beginning of a life invented and reinvented at every step.
Contexto da obra
Quando a classificação é mais ampla, o contexto do livro costuma depender ainda mais de autoria, tema e edição. “Darling Days: A Memoir”, de iO Tillett Wright, publicado pela editora Ecco, em 2016 e com 400 páginas, integra a categoria Livros Variados. Por isso, autoria, edição e tema acabam tendo ainda mais peso na forma de apresentar o livro.
Editora: Ecco
Páginas: 400
Ano: 2016
Edição:
Linguagem: inglês
ISBN: 0062368222
ISBN13: 9780062368225
Sobre a editora
Os livros da editora Ecco convidam o leitor a mergulhar em narrativas densas e multifacetadas, onde o conflito humano e a complexidade das relações familiares e sociais ganham destaque. A experiência de leitura frequentemente apresenta personagens marcados por traumas, crises pessoais ou dilemas éticos, em contextos que vão do cotidiano contemporâneo até cenários históricos ou fantásticos. O tom varia entre o lírico e o tenso, com ritmo que ora acelera em suspense, ora se detém em reflexões profundas, revelando uma preferência por textos que exploram a psicologia dos personagens e os impasses morais que enfrentam.
