Caca Dolce: Essays From A Lowbrow Life
by Chelsea Martin /
2017 / English / EPUB
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“The preeminent chronicler of internet-age malaise.” ―Lena
Dunham
“The preeminent chronicler of internet-age malaise.” ―Lena
Dunham
“Martin’s honest writing exists above the confines of fear and
social norms . . . Her writing is sweaty, uncomfortable, and
enchanting . . . She taps into the consciousness of her past selves
with precision and care, respecting the integrity and desires of
those younger women. A sure hit for fans of Sara Benincasa’s
“Martin’s honest writing exists above the confines of fear and
social norms . . . Her writing is sweaty, uncomfortable, and
enchanting . . . She taps into the consciousness of her past selves
with precision and care, respecting the integrity and desires of
those younger women. A sure hit for fans of Sara Benincasa’sAgorafabulous!
Agorafabulous! and Lena Dunham’s
and Lena Dunham’sNot That Kind of
Girl
Not That Kind of
Girl.” ―
.” ―Booklist
Booklist (starred review)
(starred review)
Funny, candid, and searchingly self-aware, this essay collection
tells the story of Chelsea Martin’s coming of age as an artist. We
are with Chelsea as an eleven-year-old atheist, trying to will an
alien visitation to her neighborhood; fighting with her stepfather
and grappling with a Tourette’s diagnosis as she becomes a
teenager; falling under the sway of frenemies and crushes in high
school; going into debt to afford what might be a meaningless
education at an expensive art college; navigating the messy process
of falling in love with a close friend; and struggling for
independence from her emotionally manipulative father and from the
family and friends in the dead-end California town that has defined
her upbringing. This is a book about relationships, class, art,
sex, money, and family―and about growing up weird, and poor, in the
late 1990s and early 2000s.
Funny, candid, and searchingly self-aware, this essay collection
tells the story of Chelsea Martin’s coming of age as an artist. We
are with Chelsea as an eleven-year-old atheist, trying to will an
alien visitation to her neighborhood; fighting with her stepfather
and grappling with a Tourette’s diagnosis as she becomes a
teenager; falling under the sway of frenemies and crushes in high
school; going into debt to afford what might be a meaningless
education at an expensive art college; navigating the messy process
of falling in love with a close friend; and struggling for
independence from her emotionally manipulative father and from the
family and friends in the dead-end California town that has defined
her upbringing. This is a book about relationships, class, art,
sex, money, and family―and about growing up weird, and poor, in the
late 1990s and early 2000s.
