Singing Out Loud
eBook - ePub

Singing Out Loud

A Memoir of an Ex-Mardi Gras Queen

  1. 248 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Singing Out Loud

A Memoir of an Ex-Mardi Gras Queen

About this book

Born during World War II, Marilee Eaves has long struggled to fit into the New Orleans elite—secret Mardi Gras societies that ruled the city—into which she was born. Then, as a student at Wellesley, she’s hospitalized at McLean psychiatric hospital, where she begins to realize how much of herself she’s sacrificed to blend into and be fully accepted by the exclusive and exclusionary white Uptown New Orleans culture to which she supposedly belongs.

In Singing Out Loud, Eaves tells of her journey to stand on her own two feet—to find a way to be grounded and evolved in the midst of that culture. Along the way, she wrestles with bipolar disorder, alcoholism, and the effects of her bad (heartbreaking, and sometimes hilarious) choices. Raw and funny, this book offers hope and encouragement to those willing to be vulnerable, address their issues, and laugh at themself in order to embrace who they truly are.

Information

Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9781631526671

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. 1. The Summons
  7. 2. Dex Diaries
  8. 3. Cold Turkey
  9. 4. The Break
  10. 5. Royal Whirlwind
  11. 6. Queen of the Ball
  12. 7. My Baron
  13. 8. The Fall
  14. 9. Season of Discontent, or Her-Story
  15. 10. Queen of the Night
  16. 11. Two Priests
  17. 12. Goodbye to Alcohol, Junior League, and Noblesse Oblige
  18. 13. The White Handkerchief
  19. 14. Debuts in Other Keys
  20. 15. The Boxer
  21. 16. Ruth
  22. 17. The Suit
  23. 18. Exile
  24. 19. Changing of the Guard
  25. 20. Hands On, Hands Off
  26. 21. Go Now
  27. 22. Disaster Zone
  28. 23. Fortune Teller
  29. 24. Singing Out Loud
  30. Epilogue
  31. Acknowledgments
  32. About the Author

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