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Description
Native State is memoir set in the 50s and early '60s that follows a young man attempting to escape the confines of his celebrity-filled alcoholic family in Hollywood, who chooses the life of a jazz drummer in bohemian Europe. The author wends his way through Tangier, Paris, Copenhagen and Barcelona as he comes to terms with his self-imposed exile, eventually returning to his ailing father in California. An elegantly crafted and engrossing memoir.
Reviews
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Writer and musician Tony Cohan has created a memoir of his unstable life growing up between L.A. and NYC with a down-on-his-luck radio producer father and an alcoholic mother. Cohan describes his father's early showbiz years as exciting, a time when celebrities are a part of the family's life. However, when the radio show is discontinued, Cohan's father scrambles for work and life becomes more difficult and complicated. Cohan's painful descriptions of his parents' troubled times--both financially and emotionally--take many painful twists and turns down the corridors of memory. His struggle to overcome this depressive environment results in his attraction to music and writing as much-needed creative outlets. Cohan's narration rings with both pain and poetic revelations as he relates his tumultuous experiences as a child and teen. B.J.P. (c) AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine
About the Author
TONY COHAN's eight books include the bestselling travel memoir On Mexican Time. He has also written for national newspapers including The New York Times and The Washington Post. Before becoming a writer he was a professional drummer. His lyrics can be heard on albums by Chick Corea and others.
