num_pages: 336
description: Acclaimed literary essayist T Kira Madden's raw and redemptive debut memoir is about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer biracial teenager amidst the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton Florida a place where she found cult-like privilege shocking racial disparities rampant white-collar crime and powerfully destructive standards of beauty hiding in plain sight.As a child Madden lived a life of extravagance from her exclusive private school to her equestrian trophies and designer shoe-brand name. But under the surface was a wild instability. The only child of parents continually battling drug and alcohol addictions Madden confronted her environment alone. Facing a culture of assault and objectification she found lifelines in the desperately loving friendships of fatherless girls.With unflinching honesty and lyrical prose spanning from 1960s Hawai'i to the present-day struggle of a young woman mourning the loss of a father while unearthing truths that reframe her reality Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls is equal parts eulogy and love letter. It's a story about trauma and forgiveness about families of blood and affinity both lost and found unmade and rebuilt crooked and beautiful.
language: English
title: Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing