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Fairyland : a Memoir of My Father by Abbott, Alysia is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Fairyland : a Memoir of My Father about?

A beautiful, vibrant memoir about growing up motherless in 1970s and '80s San Francisco with an openly gay father. After his wife dies in a car accident, bisexual writer and activist Steve Abbott moves with his two-year-old daughter to San Francisco. There they discover a city in the midst of revolution, bustling with gay men in search of liberationfew of whom are raising a child. Steve throws himself into San Francisco's vibrant cultural scene. He takes Alysia to raucous parties, pushes her in front of the microphone at poetry readings, and introduces her to a world of artists, thinkers, and writers. But the pair live like nomads, moving from apartment to apartment, with a revolving cast of roommates and little structure. As a child Alysia views her father as a loving playmate who can transform the ordinary into magic, but as she gets older Alysia wants more than anything to fit in. The world, she learns, is hostile to difference. In Alysia's teens, Steve's friendsseveral of whom she has befriendedfall ill as AIDS starts its rampage through their community. While Alysia is studying in New York and then in France, her father tells her it's time to come home; he's sick with AIDS. Al

Who reads Fairyland : a Memoir of My Father?

Author

Abbott, Alysia

Publisher

W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated

Published

2013

Language

EN

ISBN

9780393348903

Category

nonfiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Memoir, Fiction

Rating

3.97 / 5 (2,327 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14