Idiot's tale
Publisher: The author
Published: 1996
Place of publication: Bedford, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 24
Subjects: Teenage girls
Description: Grace, who also writes If Everything Happens That Can't Be Done, focuses on her family in this perzine. She writes about her grandmother's death, provides character sketches of her Irish aunts and uncles, and describes estrangement on her father's side. This zine addresses issues of depression, alcoholism, schizophrenia and mental illness, and contains a few stamp roller stamps along with photographs and clip art. Grace also writes about her middle school years, her dream of being a writer, and provides a list of all the boys she's had crushes on. Also included are zine reviews, and a contest for her readers.
Notes: Cover title.
Table of contents: title: Family Fun -- Not scared :; title: I thought I'd begin with an end. A sort of introduction -- -- Just the ten of them :; title: My mother's side -- -- This one doesn't have a cute title :; title: My dad's side --; title: My life and other myths -- Dreams and other memories :; title: sometimes more real than real was -- -- Eighth grade :; title: how I got to be where I am -- -- My love life and other jokes :; title: An amusing compendium of amour --; title: Forty-two -- Heather's page :; title: She, too, has childhood memories. Imagine! -- -- Reviews :; title: Why not? -- -- Adeu :; title: Ah-day-ooo. That means good-bye in Catalan, kids. --