All the Fishes Come Home to Roost by Rachel Manija Brown
When Rachel was six, in the early 80s, her parents whisked her off from LA to join an ashram in a backwater town in India. They were followers of Meher Baba, best known for the slogan 'Don't worry, be happy'. She was the only foreign child in a 100-mile radius and the ashram was populated by holy madmen and unhinged aging hippies. As if that wasn't enough to contend with, Rachel, the daughter of Jewish Baba-lovers, was bundled off to the Bleeding Heart School, a last vestige of the British Empire staffed by nuns with a penchant for keeping their charges standing in the midday sun until they fainted. Surrounded by adults who were patently mad, Rachel buried herself in comics, tamed the local wildlife and spent a lot of time avoiding her mother. By turns moving, jaw-droppingly strange and very very funny, this is a brilliant memoir of a distinctly odd childhood that lingers in the mind and demands to be recommended to all your friends.
"* 'Reads like a novel and lingers in the mind' - Kirkus Reviews * Quirky, frank coming-of-age memoir... that reflects a painful time with wit and insight. - Publishers Weekly * She looks at the world around her through an exacting eye, but that same honesty is turned on herself. Yet she never sneers at the strange people she met, even the bullies at the nightmarish school she attended. An innate sweetness breathes through it, a hard-won caring for all the vagaries of human nature, that transcends the harrowing bits, the sad bits, and the very funny bits as well. Highly recommended - probably the best memoir I've read this year. - A reader/reviewer, Amazon.com * Rachel Brown's story is hilarious, heartbreaking and anything but typical. This is a memoir in the darkly comic tradition of Don't Lets Go to the Dogs Tonight and Running With Scissors, but it is also totally unique. Enjoy! - A reader/reviewer, Amazon.com * 'One of Fall's most promising memoirs' - USA Today"
Rachel Manija Brown is an award-winning scriptwriter and comedy writer. She has also been a disaster relief worker, a stage manager and a teacher for kids who've been expelled. She is 28 and lives in Hollywood.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780340898819 |
| ISBN 10 | 034089881X |
| Title | All the Fishes Come Home to Roost |
| Author | Rachel Manija Brown |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Hodder & Stoughton |
| Year published | 2006-05-22 |
| Number of pages | 336 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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