Prologue: Nine
Part I: Drowning
Them and Me
Visions
Presto Change-o
Meaner
The Performance of Drowning
Lost Boy
Part II : Passing
Little-d Deaf
On Being Told No
Passing Strange
Drag Acts
Shhhhhh!
Jobs for the Deaf
The Shallow End
Part III : Emerging
Scare
Who Died and What Killed Them
Why I Should Matter
Epilogue: A Happy Life . . .
Terry Galloway is the founder of the Actual Lives writing and performance programs; a founding member of Esther's Follies, Austin, Texas's legendary cabaret; and cofounder of the Mickee Faust Club in Tallahassee, Florida. She divides her time between Austin and Tallahassee.
This is a damn fine piece of work which is unbelievably
powerful.—Dorothy Allison
"This is not your mother's triumph-of-the-human-spirit memoir. Yes,
Terry Galloway is resilient. But she's also caustic, depraved,
utterly disinhibited, and somehow sweetly bubbly, a beguiling
raconteuse who periodically leaps onto the dinner table and stabs
you with her fork. Her story will fascinate, it will hurt, and you
will like it."—Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home
"The most uncomfortable laughter of the season."—Out
"One of the finest, most nakedly honest and humorous
autobiographies out there to be read. . . . Partly David
Sedaris-esque in its slice-of-life essay moments, part slapstick
farce, so very real, and always laugh out loud hilarious."—Rebecca
Sarwate, Edge
"[A] humorous and harrowing new memoir."—The Advocate
"Told with understandable rage, quirky humor, and extraordinary
humanity, this remarkable woman's engaging account deserves a large
readership."—Booklist
"A frank, bitingly humorous memoir."—Kirkus Reviews
"[Galloway] is dexterous in her use of words and devastating with a
sense of black humor that brings numerous laugh-out-loud
delights."—John R. Killacky, The Gay and Lesbian Review
"Galloway was born a storyteller, and her narrative gifts are in
full force throughout, spinning yarns about herself and her family
that mesmerize."—Robert Faires, Austin Chronicle
This is a damn fine piece of work which is unbelievably
powerful.-Dorothy Allison
"This is not your mother's triumph-of-the-human-spirit memoir. Yes,
Terry Galloway is resilient. But she's also caustic, depraved,
utterly disinhibited, and somehow sweetly bubbly, a beguiling
raconteuse who periodically leaps onto the dinner table and stabs
you with her fork. Her story will fascinate, it will hurt, and you
will like it."-Alison Bechdel, author of Fun Home
"The most uncomfortable laughter of the season."-Out
"One of the finest, most nakedly honest and humorous
autobiographies out there to be read. . . . Partly David
Sedaris-esque in its slice-of-life essay moments, part slapstick
farce, so very real, and always laugh out loud hilarious."-Rebecca
Sarwate, Edge
"[A] humorous and harrowing new memoir."-The Advocate
"Told with understandable rage, quirky humor, and extraordinary
humanity, this remarkable woman's engaging account deserves a large
readership."-Booklist
"A frank, bitingly humorous memoir."-Kirkus Reviews
"[Galloway] is dexterous in her use of words and devastating with a
sense of black humor that brings numerous laugh-out-loud
delights."-John R. Killacky, The Gay and Lesbian Review
"Galloway was born a storyteller, and her narrative gifts are in
full force throughout, spinning yarns about herself and her family
that mesmerize."-Robert Faires, Austin Chronicle
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