My Sister from the Black Lagoon A Novel of My Life [Paperback]

I was born into a mentally ill family. My sister was the officially crazy one, but really we were all nuts.
So beginsMy Sister from the Black Lagoon,Laurie Fox's incandescent novel of growing up absurd. Lorna Person's tale is wrested from the shadows cast by her sister, Lonnie, whose rages command the full attention of her parents. Their San Fernando Valley household is off-key and out of kilter, a place where Lonnie sees evil in the morning toast and runs into the Burbank hills to join the animals that seem more like her kin. Lorna, on the other hand, is an acutely sensitive girl who can't relate to Barbie. Could Barbie feel sorrow? Could Barbie understand what it's like to be plump, lonely, Jewish?
My Sister from the Black Lagoonis a wisecracked bell jar, a heartbreaking study of sane and crazy. Laurie Fox's delightful voice is knowing yet wide-eyed, lyrical, and witty.
Contents

Let Me Entertain You

Part One

Toast

Leon the Leopard

Miss Universe

Normal

Certifiable

Nutcracker

Conflict, My Love

Hollywood Babylon

Glinda: The Early Years

Part Two

You Move Me

We Have Arrived

Confessional

Here Comes the Sun

Creature Feature

A Whole Lotta Love

The End of Nate

Part Three

Out of Los Angeles

Stop the World, I Want to Die Off

I, Tragedienne

Glinda: The Dark Side

Sister Savior

The Dance

The Circle GameValerie FrankelThe New York Times Book ReviewFox's prose is beautiful...effective and stirring.Beth Witrogen McLeodSan Francisco ExaminerHypnotic, darkly humorous.Publishers Weekly,starred review A triumph of storytelling verve, dark humor, and unabashed candor.Margaria FichtnerThe Miami Herald[A] remarkable, almost aggressively vibrant blend of fiction and memoir.Jan WinburnThe Baltimore SunAchingllc0