Yossarian Slept Here by Erica Heller
'You're Joseph Heller's daughter? How terrific!' But was there a catch? Like his most famous work, Joseph Heller was a study in contradictions: eccentric, brilliant and voracious, but also mercurial, competitive, and stubborn, with a love of mischief that sometimes cut too close to the bone. Yossarian Slept Here is a daughter's darkly funny, poignant memoir about growing up a Heller - from her colourful family members and her parents' tumultuous marriage, to her father's celebrity friends and the family's eccentric neighbours. This is a story about achieving a dream, about fame and its aftermath, about squandered opportunities, lasting love and family.
A finely crafted, wonderfully observed reminiscence on an extraordinary, often traumatic life * Independent on Sunday *
An affectionate, no-punches-pulled, often hilarious memoir * Herald *
Both charming and combative * New York Times *
As soon as I read the opening I was determined and eager to consume everything that followed, up to and including the Pot Roast -- Christopher Hitchens, author of Hitch-22
Heller's domestic side is evoked with painful detail by his daughter, Erica, in her well written, occasionally harrowing memoir, Yossarian Slept Here * Sunday Times *
An affectionate, no-punches-pulled, often hilarious memoir * Herald *
Both charming and combative * New York Times *
As soon as I read the opening I was determined and eager to consume everything that followed, up to and including the Pot Roast -- Christopher Hitchens, author of Hitch-22
Heller's domestic side is evoked with painful detail by his daughter, Erica, in her well written, occasionally harrowing memoir, Yossarian Slept Here * Sunday Times *
Erica Heller is the daughter of Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22. An advertising copywriter, novelist and creative consultant, her work has appeared in the New York Observer and on The Huffington Post. She lives in New York.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099570080 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099570084 |
| Title | Yossarian Slept Here |
| Author | Erica Heller |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 2011-10-06 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
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