My Sister from the Black Lagoon A Novel of My

"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.

Laurie Fox was raised in Burbank, California, and has been involved in the Los Angeles and San Diego literary communities as a poet and bookseller. For the last eight years, she has worked as a literary agent in San Diego and the Bay Area. She lives with her husband, author D. Patrick Miller, and her cat, Chloé, in Berkeley, California. This is her first novel.

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 Game

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My Sister from the Black Lagoon A Novel of My Life

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