{"product_id":"fairyland-9780393348903","title":"Fairyland","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for a Lambda Literary Award and a \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e Best Book of the Year\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I’m so glad you wrote this book.\" -- Terry Gross - NPR's Fresh Air\u003cbr\u003e\"Compassionate, cleareyed.\" -- Alexandra Styron - New York Times Book Review\u003cbr\u003e\"More than the story of just one person; [\u003cem\u003eFairyland\u003c\/em\u003e] also open[s] a window on an entire society.\" -- Leigh Newman - O, The Oprah Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\"I love the book \u003cem\u003eFairyland\u003c\/em\u003e; it’s a sweet and unique love story of a girl and her dad.\" -- Sofia Coppola\u003cbr\u003e\"Doubles as a portrait of a city and a community at a crucial point in history…funny, strange, and sweet.\" -- The New Yorker\u003cbr\u003e\"Alysia beautifully remembers the innocence of the age between the disappearance of the Beats and the onset of AIDS.\" -- San Francisco Chronicle\u003cbr\u003e\"Generous, precise, and deeply moving, \u003cem\u003eFairyland\u003c\/em\u003e is a love story that not only brings a new generational perspective to a history we’re in danger of forgetting, but irrevocably shifts the way we think about family itself.\" -- Alison Bechdel, author of Are You My Mother?\u003cbr\u003e\"Gorgeous…As a chronicle of the moment when the San Francisco of Armistad Maupin became the city of Harvey Milk, when gay and experimental poetry flourished in California, \u003cem\u003eFairyland\u003c\/em\u003e is vivid and indelible. As the portrait of a conspiracy of love between a father and a daughter, it is heartrending, a brilliant addition to the literature of American memoir.\" -- Honor Moore, Author of Our Revolution\u003cbr\u003e\"A beautiful, haunting book that instructs, even as it breaks our hearts.\" -- Dani Shapiro, author of Devotion: A Memoir\u003cbr\u003e\"Clear-eyed and heartrending, \u003cem\u003eFairyland\u003c\/em\u003e captures a singular time and place in American history. It also captures something much more important: what it means to be truly loved—and to love truly. A beautiful book.\" -- Andrew McCarthy, author of The Longest Way Home\u003cbr\u003e\"As she depicts the dynamics of a unique, occasionally fraught, gay parent–straight child relationship, Abbott offers unforgettable glimpses into a community that has since left an indelible mark on both the literary and social histories of one of America’s most colorful cities. A sympathetic and deeply moving story.\" -- Kirkus Reviews","brand":"WW Norton \u0026 Co","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48864546324823,"sku":"9780393348903","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780393348903.jpg?v=1722272413","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/fairyland-9780393348903","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}