Oh the Glory of It All by Sean Wilsey
This book was written up in American Vogue and it sounds an absolutely hilarious read. It will make your own family seem sane (incredible). “ a strange, fascinating, complicated and self-involved memoir about boyhood among San Francisco’s social elite. The book contains perhaps the most evil parental figure since Joan Crawford, Dede, his wicked stepmother. Dede allegedly stole Wilsey’s father from his mom, banned afternoon TV, monitored Wilsey’s phone calls, played endless mind games, told Wilsey to change his favorite color from red, and on and on. I’m not sure which Dede will find more disturbing—her foibles being laid bare or the fact that Wilsey admits to masturbating to her photo and smelling her underwear. (oh my god!). Then there’s his mother, a drama queen who once dated Frank Sinatra, held salons, hosted a talk show, asked Wilsey to commit suicide with her and became a globe-trotting peace activist. And his father? A dairy-business millionaire, helicopter pilot and lothario. Wilsey also discusses his pot-steeped days at various boarding schools, including a bizarre cultlike institution in Italy that encouraged lots of weeping and hugging’ Outrageous! .
$17 from http://www.amazon.com Publisher: Penguin Press HC, The (May 19, 2005)
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