Also
an American Bookseller's Association Book Sense
Pick chosen by independent bookstores throughout
the country, and a Lambda Literary Award finalist
in two categories (humor and memoir)!
Queen
of the Oddballs is a hilariously offbeat memoir about
an adventurous young woman's escapades as she defies
conventions and transforms an ordinary Los Angeles
life into a star-studded, extraordinary miracle of
self-discovery.
Queen
of the Oddballs: And Other True Stories from a Life
Unaccording to Plan forms a chronology of
Hillary Carlip's habitual straying from roads more
traveled -- from a wisecracking third-grader suspended
from school for smoking (while imitating Holly Golightly),
to a headline-making teen activist, juggler and fire
eater, friend (NOT "fan") of Carly Simon
and Carole King, grand prize-winning Gong Show
contestant, cult rock star, and seeker of spiritual
and romantic truths that definitely defy expectations.
Illustrated with ephemera -- from diary entries and
photographs to a handwritten letter from Carly Simon
-- Queen of the Oddballs presents a
virtual time capsule of pop culture's last four decades
and celebrates a creative life lived to the hilt.
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