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DARLING DAYS - IO TILLETT WRIGHT KARTONIERT (TB)

` iO's mother  Rhonna was a showgirl  actress  dancer  a widow by police murder and an addict
who slept with a gun under her pillow. This is an immensely evocative portrait of growing up in
a tenement building in 80s and 90s New York  surrounded by drugs  violence  homelessness  punk
music and art ' Anita Sethi  Observer At the centre of Darling Days is the remarkable
relationship between a fiery kid and a domineering mother-- defined by heartbreaking
deprivation  agonizing rupture  and  ultimately  forgiveness. It's also a provocative and
candid story about identity  forged in the East Village.  `It's already a rare and wonderful
thing to have a great story-but a unique and compelling voice to tell it with is even rare'.
--Anthony Bourdain  ` iO Tillett Wright is nothing short of a force of nature-an artist  an
activist  and a survivor. iO has packed a lot into few years and in this extraordinary memoir
has created something brave and true  as devastating as it is inspiring. --Jill Soloway 
Emmy-award winning creator of Transparent"  Gender-defying iO Tillett Wright mixes such a
high-octane cocktail of radiant ink  wild anecdotes  bad behavior  and gritty truths-topped off
with an unexpected tonic of transcendence- --Tom Robbins"

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