Darling Days: A Memoir

Darling Days is a memoir of a young person in search of an authentic self as family and home life devolve into chaos.

Born into the beautiful bedlam of downtown New York in the eighties, iO Tillett Wright came of age at the intersection of punk, poverty, heroin, and art.

This is a world of self-invented characters, glamorous superstars, and strung-out sufferers, ground zero of drag and performance art.

The book explores the remarkable relationship between a fiery kid and a domineering ma - defined by freedom and control, excess and sacrifice; heartbreaking deprivation, agonizing rupture, and forgiveness.

It is also a provocative examination of culture and identity, of the instincts that shape us and the norms that deform us, and of the courage and resilience it takes to listen closely to your deepest self.