TERRITORY OF MEN, THE(ISBN=) 英文原版

Born into the turmoil of mid-sixties San Francisco, the daughter
of a flower child and a surfer, Joelle Fraser grew up with no
bedtime, no boundaries, and no father. But “dads” she had in
abundance, as her mother worked her way through boyfriends and
husbands, caught between the traditional rules of her upbringing
and the new freedoms of the “me generation” and women’s lib. Moving
every few months, from houseboats and beach shacks to run-down
apartments, Joelle came to learn that a woman’s life, free or not,
is played out on men’s territory.
Set in northern California, Hawaii, and the small coastal towns of
Oregon, Fraser’s engrossing memoir captures this centerless
childhood in wonderfully vivid, frank writing, then goes on to show
how a legacy like this affects a girl as she grows up. Pretty,
blond, precociously aware of her own sexuality, Joelle was drawn to
men early, eager to unlock their mysteries. Working in bars,
prisons, and firing ranges, she liked to hang out where they
congregated. To her the only worlds that counted were men’s worlds.
Men held the power; they made life matter.
Fraser’s sharp vignettes of her intense relationships, brief,
turbulent marriage, and itinerant life are haunting echoes of her
early memories. In The Territory of Men, she brilliantly portrays
the way a rootless childhood leads to a restless adulthood, and how
a mother’s aimless life serves as a blueprint for her
daughter.
From the Hardcover edition.