{"product_id":"naked-in-the-promised-land-9781448217533","title":"Naked in the Promised Land","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn in 1940, Lillian Faderman is the only child of an uneducated and unmarried Jewish woman, who, along with her sister, left their shtetl in Latvia to seek a better life in America. However, her mother''s family were murdered by Nazis and their home destroyed in the war. Her mother, racked by guilt at having left her family behind, suffered from a terrible psychosis. The only relief she had from this, and her brutal sweatshop job, was her daughter, Lilly.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLilly grows into Lil, a beautiful young woman who learns that her deepest erotic and emotional connections are with other women, and who finds herself in a dangerous but seductive world of addicts, pimps, prostitutes and sham-marriages.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDesperately seeking to make her life meaningful and to redeem her mother''s suffering, she studies at University of California, Berkeley; paying her way by working as a pin-up model and burlesque stripper, and hiding her lesbian love-affairs from the outside world. At last she become\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLillian Faderman's portrait of her mother and aunt, lone survivors of their slaughtered family, who have come to America laden with hope, is full of tenderness and candor and sharp, often hilarious wit. It is her unsparing portrait of herself, however, that makes this book so riveting. She is serious and ambitious, loving and stubborn. She is ready to risk everything for knowledge. She also writes beautiful sentences, and her book is likely to become a classic self-portrait in a time of change in America -- Colm Tóibín\u003cbr\u003eA startling, dark, and wryly eloquent retelling of the American Dream. Who'd have thought a professor's life could be such a gripping page-turner? -- Emma Donoghue, author of ROOM and SLAMMERKIN\u003cbr\u003eHow one woman used her good looks to land the girl of her dreams, and found a career where she could use her brains instead of her breasts. Today Lillian Faderman is a distinguished academic; her early days among Holocaust-scarred relatives and lesbian pimps on Sunset Strip are a testament to a personal vision in the face of historical struggle -- Sarah Schulman, author of THE COSMOPOLITANS, RAT BOHEMIANS and MY AMERICAN HISTORY\u003cbr\u003eA remarkable tale of emergence, bold and exciting, and wonderfully told -- Vivian Gornick, author of FIERCE ATTACHMENTS\u003cbr\u003eThis riveting autobiography is vivid, honest, generous, compassionate, and sensuous all at once. Its strength lies in its understanding of historical moments that are important to all women and its ability to make them come alive in a very personal way for each one of us -- Chitra Divakaruni, author of THE VINE OF DESIRE and THE UNKNOWN ERRORS OF OUR LIVES\u003cbr\u003eAn incredible memoir of a damaged mother and her observant daughter. Lillian Faderman has written with an amazing voice, a clear-eyed view, and wisdom on how we both save and surmount the past. Hers is a life that is truly worth recording and sharing with all of us. The photos alone are worth the price of admission. -- Amy Tan, author of THE VALLEY OF AMAZEMENT, THE BONESETTER'S DAUGHTER and THE JOY LUCK CLUB\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePart One: Lilly\u003c\/b\u003e 1 How I Became an Overachiever 2 Going Crazy in East L.A. 3 Crushed 4 Men I 5 Shedding \u003cb\u003e Part Two: Lil\u003c\/b\u003e 6 Hollywood  7 My Movie-Actress Nose  8 The Open Door  9 Getting the Gift of Wisdom  10 Kicked Out  11 A Jewish Prince  12 A Married Woman   \u003cb\u003ePart Three: Lillian\u003c\/b\u003e 13 Higher Education  14 How I Became a Burlesque Queen  15 Men II  16 Professor Faderman  17 How I Became a College Administrator  18 Sheaves of Oats  19 Epilogue   \u003ci\u003eAfterword \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAcknowledgements \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408536707415,"sku":"9781448217533","price":10.44,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781448217533.jpg?v=1730503248","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/naked-in-the-promised-land-9781448217533","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}