New York: HarperCollins, 1999. BO2 - A first edition hardcover book signed by the author in very good condition in very good dust jacket that is mylar protected. Dust jacket and book have light discoloration and shelf wear. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Signed by Author. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

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In Firebird, Mark Doty tells the story of a ten-year-old in a top hat, cane, and red chiffon scarf, interrupted while belting out Judy Garland's "Get Happy" by his alarmed mother at the bedroom door, exclaiming, "Son, you're a boy!"Firebird presents us with a heroic little boy who has quite enough worries without discovering that his dawning sexuality is the Wrong One. A self-confessed "chubby smart bookish sissy with glasses and a Southern accent," Doty grew up on the move, the family following his father's engineering work across America-from Tennessee to Arizona, Florida to California. A lyrical, heartbreaking comedy of one family's dissolution through the corrosive powers of alcohol, sorrow, and thwarted desire, Firebird is also a wry evocation of childhood's pleasures and terrors, a comic tour of American suburban life, and a testament to the transformative power of art.

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Bookseller: Bookmarc's (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: EC22966BB
Title: Firebird: A Memoir
Author: Doty, Mark
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 0060193743
ISBN 13: 9780060193744
Publisher: HarperCollins
Place of Publication: New York
Date Published: 1999
Keywords: BIOGRAPHY AUTHORS MEMOIRS
Bookseller catalogs: Biography / Authors & Writers; Biography / Memoirs; Biography / Signed Biography;
Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall

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