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Trouble - A memoir (Hardcover): Marise Gaughan Trouble - A memoir (Hardcover)
Marise Gaughan
R442 Discovery Miles 4 420 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A stunning literary memoir from an exceptional Irish writer and comedian Marise was nine when she first realized there was trouble, 14 when her Dad tried to end it all, and 23 when he finally succeeded. In a turmoil of conflicting emotions Marise runs - from Dublin to Amsterdam to Los Angeles, leaving a trail of sex and self-destruction in her wake. Until finally, she finds herself facing what she's become in a California psych ward, a girl imploding through trying to make sense of her father's suicide. As she retells her unravelling, from child to adult, Marise strips back her identity and her relationship with her father, layer by layer, until she starts to understand how to live with him, years after he has gone. Written beautifully, with wit and unflinching honesty, Marise has produced one of the most profound coming-of-age memoirs of recent years, a stunning new voice in Irish writing.

Trouble - A memoir (Paperback): Marise Gaughan Trouble - A memoir (Paperback)
Marise Gaughan
R379 Discovery Miles 3 790 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

************ 'Spit-your-tea-out funny.' -Fern Brady 'Raw, brutal and life-affirming' -Sara Pascoe 'Graphic, explicit, visceral' -Irish Times 'Blistering' -Sunday Business Post 'Transcendent' -Irish Independent Marise was nine when she first realised there was trouble, 14 when her Dad tried to end it all, and 23 when he finally succeeded. In a turmoil of conflicting emotions she runs, leaving behind Dublin and her Catholic girlhood and fleeing to New York, where she gets into a messy relationship with an older comedian who she idolises and who tells her she's special - until she's not. With a trail of sex, self-destruction and a near miss with Scientology in her back pocket, eventually she finds herself in a California psych ward, a young woman imploding. As she retells her unravelling from child to adult, Marise strips back her identity and her relationship with her father, layer by layer, until she finally starts to understand how to live with him, years after he has gone. Written beautifully, with a caustic sense of humour and brutal honesty, Trouble is one of the most powerful coming-of-age memoirs in recent years.

Trouble - A darkly funny true story of self-destruction (Paperback): Marise Gaughan Trouble - A darkly funny true story of self-destruction (Paperback)
Marise Gaughan
R290 R233 Discovery Miles 2 330 Save R57 (20%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Spit-your-tea-out funny.' -Fern Brady 'Raw, brutal and life-affirming' -Sara Pascoe 'Graphic, explicit, visceral' -Irish Times 'Blistering' -Sunday Business Post 'Transcendent' -Irish Independent Marise was nine when she first realised there was trouble, 14 when her Dad tried to end it all, and 23 when he finally succeeded. In a turmoil of conflicting emotions she runs, leaving behind Dublin and her Catholic girlhood and fleeing to New York, where she gets into a messy relationship with an older comedian who she idolises and who tells her she's special - until she's not. With a trail of sex, self-destruction and a near miss with Scientology in her back pocket, eventually she finds herself in a California psych ward, a young woman imploding. As she retells her unravelling from child to adult, Marise strips back her identity and her relationship with her father, layer by layer, until she finally starts to understand how to live with him, years after he has gone. Written beautifully, with a caustic sense of humour and brutal honesty, Trouble is one of the most powerful coming-of-age memoirs in recent years.

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