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Filthy beasts : a memoir / Kirkland Hamill.
"A riches-to-rags tale of a wealthy family who lost it all and the unforgettable journey of a man coming to terms with his family's deep flaws and his own long-buried truths."-- From publisher's marketing.
A writer for Salon and The Advocate reflects on how his newly divorced mother moved her family to her native Bermuda, leaving him and his young brothers home to fend for themselves while she chased nightlife and suitors.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982122768 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 311 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Avid Reader Press hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York : Avid Reader Press, [2020]
- Copyright: ©2020
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 306.87092 Hamil | 31681010204634 | NONFIC | Available | - |
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A writer for Salon and The Advocate reflects on how his newly divorced mother moved her family to her native Bermuda, leaving him and his young brothers home to fend for themselves while she chased nightlife and suitors. - Baker & Taylor
A writer for Salon and The Advocate reflects on how his newly-divorced mother moved her family to her native Bermuda, leaving him and his young brothers home to fend for themselves while she chased nightlife and suitors. 100,000 first printing. - Simon and Schuster
Running with Scissors meets Grey Gardens in this gripping, true riches-to-rags tale of a wealthy family who lost it all and the unforgettable journey of a man coming to terms with his familyâs deep flaws and his own long-buried truths.
âWake up, you filthy beasts!â Wendy Hamill would shout to her children in the mornings before school. Startled from their dreams, Kirk and his two brothers couldnât help but wonderâwould they find enough food in the house for breakfast?
Following a rancorous split from New Yorkâs upper-class society, newly divorced Wendy and her three sons are exiled from the East Coast elite circle. Wendyâs middle son, Kirk, is eight when she moves the family to her native Bermuda, leaving the three young boys to fend for themselves as she chases after the highs of her old life: alcohol, a wealthy new suitor, and other indulgences.
After eventually leaving his motherâs dysfunctional orbit for college in New Orleans, Kirk begins to realize how different his family and upbringing is from that of his friends and peers. Split between extreme privilegeâearly years living in luxury on his familyâs private compoundâand bare survivalârationing food and water during the height of his motherâs alcoholismâKirk is used to keeping up appearances and burying his inconvenient truths from the world, until heâs eighteen and falls in love for the first time.
A fascinating window into the life of extreme privilege and a powerful story of self-acceptance, Filthy Beasts recounts Kirkâs unforgettable journey through luxury hotels and charity stores, private enclaves and public shame as he confronts his familyâs many imperfections, accepts his unconventional childhood, and finally comes to terms with his own hidden secrets.
