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293 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1983
…honeymoons are intended to seal the union of bride and groom till death does them part. But whereas we imagine the usual chemistry of such excursions to be a uniting through corporeal and spiritual familiarity – a sharing of meals, scenic wonders, wines and bathrooms, of kisses, caresses, and inane little foofoo names – my parents enjoyed no such chemistry. Their honeymoon was more fusion than union – the resulting bond not that of lovebirds, but of a tough metal alloy.
The purpose of puberty is to shoot an innocent and gullible child full of nasty glandular secretions that manifest in the mind as confusion, in the innards as horniness, upon the skin as pimples, and on the tongue as cocksure venomous disbelief in every piece of information, true or false, gleaned from one’s parents since infancy.