Fairyland A Memoir of My Father [Paperback]

With a new forewordIm so glad you wrote this book.Doubles as a portrait of a city and a community at a crucial point in history. . . . funny, strange, and sweet.Alysia beautifully remembers the innocence of the age between the disappearance of the Beats and the onset of AIDS.Generous, precise, and deeply moving,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,A beautiful, haunting book that instructs, even as it breaks our hearts.Clear-eyed and heartrending,As she depicts the dynamics of a unique, occasionally fraught, gay parentstraight 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 Americas most colorful cities. A sympathetic and deeply moving story.A beautiful, vibrant memoir about growing up motherless in 1970s and 80s San Francisco with an openly gay father.