The Hypocrisy of Disco

A Memoir By Clane Hayward

5-1/2 x 8 in; 256 pp ;
Hardcover
Published in September, 2007
ISBN 0811859452
ISBN13 9780811859455

$22.95

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The Hypocrisy of Disco -- Born in San Francisco just before the Summer of Love, Clane Hayward grew up on hippie communes throughout the west. Her poignantly funny, sometimes melancholy, and always riveting memoir recounts her extraordinary life up until her thirteenth birthday. School was a particularly happy event—it meant a hot lunch and clothes that matched! But Clane's mother warned her that schools are just zoos run by the government. From a world of complex relationships, uncertain rules and constant surprises, Clane forged a childhood, sometimes with, sometimes without her bong-puffing, Buddha-quoting, macrobiotic mother and her wild-haired, redneck father. The Hypocrisy of Disco is an honest, direct, and truly unforgettable tale, and a tribute to the resilience of youth.

Clane Hayward was born in 1967 in California. At thirteen, she ran away from communes, and at eighteen enlisted in the US Navy, where she served for five years. She returned to San Francisco, where she lived for ten years. She now teaches middle school in Austin, Texas.

Quotes

"Clane Hayward has written an insightful and riveting book about a hippie childhood gone bad. She has transformed what might have been an enduring disaster into beauty and wisdom—a testament to her personal resilience and literary skill. This is an amazing story, beautifully told." —Peter Coyote, actor and author of Sleeping Where I Fall

"offbeat . . . zippy . . . Hopefully, this sold memoir is just the first from Hayward." —Publishers Weekly (web review)

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