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Product Identifiers
Publisher
She Writes Press
ISBN-10
1631526669
ISBN-13
9781631526664
eBay Product ID (ePID)
15038613376
Product Key Features
Book Title
Singing Out Loud : a Memoir of an Ex-Mardi Gras Queen
Number of Pages
256 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2019
Topic
Inspiration & Personal Growth, Personal Memoirs, General, Conflict Resolution
Genre
Family & Relationships, Body, Mind & Spirit, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Length
8.5 in
Item Width
5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2019-906553
Reviews
"Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of Mardi Gras--both literally and figuratively? Here's the answer from a true New Orleans insider. Eaves's lively account of how she survived carnival culture plus her own mental challenges makes for an entertaining and inspirational read." --Cokie Roberts, author and journalist "Marilee Eaves hooks us from the very first paragraph in this captivating autobiographical tale of growing up in--and breaking with the tradition of--an old, powerful, and wealthy Louisiana family. Told to the reader as though we're dear friends, sitting over tea . . . or cocktails . . . we are gifted with a series of colorful and vulnerable stories. If you're interested in being entertained by a truly gifted writer, I recommend that you buy this book and get ready for a good read!" --Maria Nemeth, PhD, MCC, author of The Energy of Money and Mastering Life's Energies "Marilee Eaves writes with grace, generosity and well-earned insight as she delves into the arcane customs of mid-century Uptown New Orleans carnival society. The heroine of this story finds her way from the smothering expectations, cloaked as privilege, of her time and her gender. Despite the painful detours, she eventually steps into the full light of her own powers with the surprising help of her boxing coach. By the end of the book, we are cheering for her victory." --Constance Adler, author of My Bayou: New Orleans Through the Eyes of a Lover "A fascinating journey into an exotic world that, although glamorous and luxurious, exacts a high price from the narrator. Beginning with a close-up, Eaves expertly pulls back to reveal the insidious sexism and racism that affects and infects everyone, even the privileged. Her unique experience of overcoming a repressive upbringing and mental illness, rendered in vivid detail, becomes universal. I highly recommend that you take this wild ride!" --Jean Kilbourne, Senior Scholar, Wellesley Centers for Women, "Ever wondered what goes on behind the scenes of Mardi Gras--both literally and figuratively? Here's the answer from a true New Orleans insider. Eaves's lively account of how she survived carnival culture plus her own mental challenges makes for an entertaining and inspirational read."--Cokie Roberts, author and journalist"Marilee Eaves hooks us from the very first paragraph in this captivating autobiographical tale of growing up in--and breaking with the tradition of--an old, powerful, and wealthy Louisiana family. Told to the reader as though we're dear friends, sitting over tea . . . or cocktails . . . we are gifted with a series of colorful and vulnerable stories. If you're interested in being entertained by a truly gifted writer, I recommend that you buy this book and get ready for a good read!"--Maria Nemeth, PhD, MCC, author of The Energy of Money and Mastering Life's Energies"Marilee Eaves writes with grace, generosity and well-earned insight as she delves into the arcane customs of mid-century Uptown New Orleans carnival society. The heroine of this story finds her way from the smothering expectations, cloaked as privilege, of her time and her gender. Despite the painful detours, she eventually steps into the full light of her own powers with the surprising help of her boxing coach. By the end of the book, we are cheering for her victory."--Constance Adler, author of My Bayou: New Orleans Through the Eyes of a Lover"A fascinating journey into an exotic world that, although glamorous and luxurious, exacts a high price from the narrator. Beginning with a close-up, Eaves expertly pulls back to reveal the insidious sexism and racism that affects and infects everyone, even the privileged. Her unique experience of overcoming a repressive upbringing and mental illness, rendered in vivid detail, becomes universal. I highly recommend that you take this wild ride!"--Jean Kilbourne, Senior Scholar, Wellesley Centers for Women
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
782.0092 B
Synopsis
Marilee Eaves has struggled her whole life to fit into her lineage--the long line of kings and queens of the secret elitist Mardi Gras societies that rule New Orleans--but when, as a student at Wellesley, she's hospitalized at McLean psychiatric hospital, she begins her journey to break free and stand on her own two feet., Growing Up, Marilee Eaves struggled to fit into the long line of secret, elitist, Mardi Gras royalty to which she was born. While at Wellesley, she has a psychotic episode that breaks her open and begins her journey to stand on her own two feet. Book jacket., 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.
LC Classification Number
ML420.E19A3 2019
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