{"product_id":"abandon-me-memoirs","title":"Abandon Me: Memoirs","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed One of the Best Books of the year by: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRefinery29\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBookRiot\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMedium, Electric Literature, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Brooklyn Rail, Largehearted Boy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Coil\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Cut\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eWinner of the Lambda Literary Jeanne Cordova Prize for Lesbian\/Queer Nonfiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, Lambda Literary Award for Lesbian Memoir\/Biography\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist, Publishing Triangle's Judy Grahn Award for Lesbian Nonfiction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn Indie Next Pick\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFor readers of Maggie Nelson and Leslie Jamison, a fierce and dazzling personal narrative that explores the many ways identity and art are shaped by love and loss.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her critically acclaimed memoir, \u003ci\u003eWhip Smart\u003c\/i\u003e, Melissa Febos laid bare the intimate world of the professional dominatrix, turning an honest examination of her life into a lyrical study of power, desire, and fulfillment. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her dazzling \u003ci\u003eAbandon Me\u003c\/i\u003e, Febos captures the intense bonds of love and the need for connection -- with family, lovers, and oneself. First, her birth father, who left her with only an inheritance of addiction and Native American blood, its meaning a mystery. As Febos tentatively reconnects, she sees how both these lineages manifest in her own life, marked by compulsion and an instinct for self-erasure. Meanwhile, she remains closely tied to the sea captain who raised her, his parenting ardent but intermittent as his work took him away for months at a time. Woven throughout is the hypnotic story of an all-consuming, long-distance love affair with a woman, marked equally by worship and withdrawal. In visceral, erotic prose, Febos captures their mutual abandonment to passion and obsession -- and the terror and exhilaration of losing herself in another. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAt once a fearlessly vulnerable memoir and an incisive investigation of art, love, and identity, \u003ci\u003eAbandon Me \u003c\/i\u003edraws on childhood stories, religion, psychology, mythology, popular culture, and the intimacies of one writer's life to reveal intellectual and emotional truths that feel startlingly universal.","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51947923112167,"sku":"9781632866585","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0449\/4075\/5096\/files\/imageloader_c73d317d-fd08-4f72-88a1-e930a351fa3a.jpg?v=1775503587","url":"https:\/\/arvidabookco.com\/products\/abandon-me-memoirs","provider":"Arvida Book Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}