But the comics - self-deprecating, single-strip gags on the awkward anxieties of living in a hyper-connected world, the delicate etiquette of networking, binge-surfing on weekends, and so on -speak as much to adults such as myself. This is addressed to the brat pack, the Millennials, as they're called, or the 'young adults' - the ages 12 (or below) to 19 demographic. Instead, it's a touching, surprisingly candid account of her life, including revelations of sexual assault, domestic violence, gun violence, her troubled ties with her mother and her father's struggle with multiple sclerosis.Īdulthood is a Myth: A Sarah's Scribbles Collection Schumer's recent memoir is funny but it's far from the rip-roaring act on Inside Amy Schumer that made her America's best-known female stand-up comedienne. This is not pornography, it is a lyrical meditation on the joys and uncertainties of discovering yourself - through the body and through love. And to do it with such searing honesty and lyrical flourish as D'Mello has, is rarer still. For a young Indian woman to write an erotic confessional about her lover 30 years her senior in India takes guts.
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