BLUE SUBURBIA: Almost a Memoir
“Laurie Lico Albanese has made art out of life.”
- Jeanne Ray, Julie & Romeo and Eat Cake
Book Sense Best Book of the Year selection
Entertainment Weekly’s Editor’s Choice
Finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize
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From the Publisher:
By turns haunting, hilarious, tragic, and romantic, Blue Suburbia is the chronicle of a determined young woman who overcomes family limitations, socio-economic obstacles, and personal fears to build a happy -- and blessedly ordinary -- life. Written entirely in free verse, Blue Suburbia's cadence is a steady, rhythmic heartbeat, pulsing with pain, rebellion, love, and triumph. This is the story many of us might tell, if we had the courage.
An Entertainment Weekly Editor’s Choice
“As she pulls back from the edge and finds joy in life, Albanese delivers a rare reading experience -- moving but never sentimental.”
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Bookslut raves
“Laurie Lico Albanese’s remarkable blue suburbia gives us something unusual, a memoir in verse form, which in its opening poem demands intimacy.”
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She Knows.com couldn’t put the book down
“Then I began reading and couldn't put the book down until I'd finished it. Literally. I stood in front of the stove and tried to stir the pasta and read…”
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