Good Girl
eBook - ePub

Good Girl

A Memoir

  1. 304 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Good Girl

A Memoir

About this book

"Forthright, sensitive, and compelling" (Edan Lepucki, New York Times bestselling author of California ), this heartrending memoir from journalist Sarah Tomlinson recounts her unconventional upbringing and coming-of-age as colored by her complicated relationship with her father. Sarah Tomlinson was born on January 29, 1976, in a farmhouse in Freedom, Maine. After two years of attempted family life in Boston, her father's gambling addiction and broken promises led her mother to pool her resources with five other families to buy 100 acres of land in Maine and reunite with her college boyfriend. Sarah would spend the majority of her childhood on "The Land" with infrequent, but coveted, visits from her father, who—as a hitchhiking, acid-dropping, wannabe mystic turned taxi driver—was nothing short of a rock star in her eyes.Propelled out of her bohemian upbringing to seek the big life she equated with her father, Sarah entered college at fifteen, where a school shooting further complicated her quest for a sense of safety. While establishing herself as a journalist and rock critic on both coasts, Sarah's father continued to swerve in and out of her life, building and re-breaking their relationship, and fracturing Sarah's confidence and sense of self. In this unforgettable memoir, Sarah conveys the dark comedy in her quest to repair the heart her father broke.Bittersweet, honest, and ultimately redemptive, Good Girl takes an insightful look into what happens when the people we love unconditionally are the people who disappoint us the most, and how time, introspection, and acceptance can help us heal.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Dedication
  3. Chapter One: Back to the Land
  4. Chapter Two: John Lennon’s Coming Back
  5. Chapter Three: I Still Dream of Orgonon
  6. Chapter Four: Disintegration
  7. Chapter Five: The Break
  8. Chapter Six: The Shooting
  9. Chapter Seven: Anywhere but Here
  10. Chapter Eight: Anywhere but There
  11. Chapter Nine: My Favorite Part of the Day
  12. Chapter Ten: Don’t Wait Until You’re Perfect
  13. Chapter Eleven: Decide Who You Love
  14. Chapter Twelve: Kryptonite
  15. Chapter Thirteen: I Like Your Brain
  16. Chapter Fourteen: I’m Your Father
  17. Chapter Fifteen: Don’t Ever Date Handsome Men
  18. Chapter Sixteen: Learning to Love the Fall
  19. Chapter Seventeen: Daddy Rollin’ in Your Arms
  20. Chapter Eighteen: Good Girl
  21. Acknowledgments
  22. About Sarah Tomlinson
  23. Copyright