Book Details
⚡️Book Title : The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things: Stories
⚡Book Author : J.T. LeRoy
⚡Page : 288 pages
⚡Published August 23rd 2016 by Harper Perennial (first published 1999)
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things: Stories - National Bestseller With a new foreword by Jeff Feuerzeig A timely reissue of the extraordinary stories by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert that won international acclaim, to be timed with the theatrical release of the documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story. A startling achievement.Publishers Weekly This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a youngboy on the run with his teenage mother. WhenSarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents, he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels and truck stops, exposed to the abusive, exploitative men she encounters.As he learns to survive in this harrowing environment, Jeremiahalso learns to love his mother, even as shedescends into drug-fueled madness. Told inspare, lyrical prose,rich with imagination and dark humor,The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things transforms the savagery of Jeremiah's world into an indelible experience of compassion. This special edition includes an additional seven stories, previously uncollected,by JT LeRoy, the literary persona of Laura Albert.
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things: Stories
National Bestseller With a new foreword by Jeff Feuerzeig A timely reissue of the extraordinary stories by JT LeRoy/Laura Albert that won international acclaim, to be timed with the theatrical release of the documentary Author: The JT LeRoy Story. A startling achievement.Publishers Weekly This book of interconnected stories depicts the chaotic life of a youngboy on the run with his teenage mother. WhenSarah reclaims Jeremiah from his foster parents, he finds himself catapulted into her world of motels and truck stops, exposed to the abusive, exploitative men she encounters.As he learns to survive in this harrowing environment, Jeremiahalso learns to love his mother, even as shedescends into drug-fueled madness. Told inspare, lyrical prose,rich with imagination and dark humor,The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things transforms the savagery of Jeremiah's world into an indelible experience of compassion. This special edition includes an additional seven stories, previously uncollected,by JT LeRoy, the literary persona of Laura Albert.
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