Placeholder text

Go to cart

Harley Loco

By Rayya Elias

Harley Loco

By Rayya Elias

0 - Default Title
Description
"Terrific. . .Rayya's stories blew mine away." - Elizabeth Gilbert "A classic, blood-stained love letter to bohemian NYC." - Craig Marks When she was seven, Rayya Elias and her family fled the political conflict in their native Syria, settling in Detroit. Bullied in school and caught between the world of her traditional family and her tough American classmates, she rebelled early. Elias moved to New York City to become a musician and kept herself afloat with an uncommon talent for cutting hair. At the height of the punk movement, life on the Lower East Side was full of adventure, creative inspiration, and temptation. Eventually, Elias's passionate affairs with lovers of both sexes went awry, her (more than) occasional drug use turned to addiction, and she found herself living on the streets-between her visits to jail. This debut memoir charts four decades of a life lived in the moment, a path from harrowing loss and darkness to a place of peace and redemption. Elias's wit and lack of self-pity in the face of her extreme highs and lows make Harley Loco a powerful read that's sure to appeal to fans of Patti Smith, Augusten Burroughs, and Eleanor Henderson.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
320
Release Date:
2014-03-25
Publication Date:
2014-03-25
Publisher:
Penguin Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0143125052
ISBN13:
9780143125051
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
282 g
Height:
177 cm
Width:
226 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
Buy on Amazon
Currently sold out