One of These Things First
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| Rating | : | 4.62 (743 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1536618179 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 188 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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With its novelistic texture and unflagging narrative, this book is destined to become one of the great indelible works of the memoir genr. One of These Things First is a poignant reminiscence of a 15-year-old gay Jewish boy's unexpected trajectory from a life behind a rack of dresses in his grandmother's Brooklyn bra-and-girdle store to Manhattan's infamous Payne Whitney Psychiatric Clinic, whose alumni includes writers, poets, and madmen as well as Marilyn Monroe and best-selling author Steven Gaines. For listeners who love stories of self-transformation, One of These Things First is a fascinating memoir in the vein of Susanna Kaysen's Girl, Interrupted and Augusten Burroughs' Running with Scissors. Gaines also takes the listener behind the walls of Payne Whitney - the "Harvard
(Joy Behar, "The View")A beautiful and heart-rending testament . Gaines' irrepressible character comes through loud and clear. I could not put it down." (Steven Petrow, columnist, Washington Post)A poignant and funny book that proves it does get better. His harrowing account of being a suicidal 15-year-old who checked into Payne Whitney is eye opening, touching and ultimately triumphant because of how well he turned out." (Michael Musto, columnist and author of Manhattan on the Rocks)"Years ago Dominick Dunne called Steven Gaines 'a born storyteller.' If anything, we now know Gaines was meant to write his own powerful, heart-wrenching, and funny life story. A real treasure." (Boston Globe)"Funny an
Amazon Customer said Highly recommend. One Of These Things First is fascinating, funny, heartbreaking, and inspiring. I laughed out loud more than once! This is not your usualmemoir. It features larger than life characters from movie stars to salesgirls in a bra and girdle store who all play a part in shaping the author as he negotiates his way from life in 1960's Brooklyn to the halls of a posh psychiatric clinic. Absolutely a must read for anyone whom has ever qu. Intimacy is Crazy I read Steven Gaines' memoir during the hottest August I can remember - perhaps a parallel to his description of the August he spent in a famous NYC psychiatric facility. It made me feel a certain closeness to this sad young man, obviously brilliant, yet alone, scared and at odds with what he knew to be true.Mr. Gaines bares his soul and an awful lot more in this striking and touching memoir. It will take me a while to digest . "beautifully written, gems of a memoir to come along" according to carilynp. Author Steven Gaines’ ONE OF THESE THINGS FIRST is one of the most compelling, beautifully written, gems of a memoir to come along. As a Jewish child growing up in Brooklyn in the 50s, Gaines is troubled from the get-go. He is aware that he is ‘different’ and feels overwhelmed by the feelings that he has but too ashamed to admit to his family what is going on. After a botched attempt at suicide and an unfortu
. He's a co-founder of the Hamptons International Film Festival and lives in a small hamlet on the East End of Long Island. Steven Gaines is the author of Philistines at the Hedgerow: Passion and Property in the Hamptons; The Sky's the Limit: Passion and Property in Manhattan; Simply Halston, the biography of the fashion designer; and co-au