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Still Alive [electronic resource]

LJ Pemberton2024
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A hero's journey through a dying empire. On the Road for a beaten generation. After V meets Lex, a butch painter, at an underground punk show, they enter a multi-year relationship that ranges from Portland, Oregon, to New York City, and finally Los Angeles, with V's family of origin ever interjecting with dysfunction and neediness. Her brother has retreated into a hodgepodge of Eastern religiosity and their mother's addictions are worsening. Meanwhile her father is busy building a new family, as sunny as V's childhood was grim. Leroy, V's gay best friend, has chosen rural peace, but V can't find the same satisfaction - anywhere. Ever in search of love, meaning, and temp work, V hurtles across the US, resisting the store-bought narratives of mainstream life to create a freedom all her own. With heady pacing, a recursive structure, and sharp prose, STILL ALIVE renders the much-maligned adult millennial experience with affection and profundity. In this story, as in life, ...
Main title:
Author:
LJ Pemberton, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Malarkey Books, 2024
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (290 pages)
Audience:
General / adult
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781088296707
Language:
English
BRN:
527239
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