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  • Non-fiction
  • 2025
  • First edition.

In my remaining years

Jean Grae

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"A collection of darkly humorous, intensely personal essays by cult fave and multi-hyphenate artist Jean Grae In My Remaining Years, by creative juggernaut Jean Grae, debunks the myth that coming-of-age narratives should be reserved for the kids, providing a much-needed rallying cry for those of us still trying to figure it out in our forties. These laugh-out-loud essays cover everything from aging gracefully (with and without botox), what happens when you look for community and almost start a cult, befriending childhood demons (Hi Mumm-ra!), gender fluidity in middle age, the cost of being too fabulous, and the various gymnastics we do to avoid becoming our parents, taking us from her childhood in 1980s New York City to present-day Baltimore. In these pages, Jean captures magic in a bottle, distilling the feeling of hanging out with your smartest, funniest, and most brutally honest best friend"--

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Title Statement In my remaining years / Jean Grae.
Author Grae, Jean
Publication New York: Flatiron Books,2025.
Edition First edition.
Extent of Item viii, 290 pages ;
ISBN 9781250857538 (hardcover)
Other Number pr07724976
Contents The puppet show --I sing the body ... elastic? --You can't go home, but you can stay here --Call me by my name --Classic Jean --Free Mumm-Ra --Eye cream --Church of the infinite me --Home --Peri-Peri --HJGHGB --La vie est belle --The problem with being fabulous --The price of grief and joy --Old baby --An artist creating harmonious balance --Janet, in my remaining years --Don't fuck up my funeral.
Summary "A collection of darkly humorous, intensely personal essays by cult fave and multi-hyphenate artist Jean Grae In My Remaining Years, by creative juggernaut Jean Grae, debunks the myth that coming-of-age narratives should be reserved for the kids, providing a much-needed rallying cry for those of us still trying to figure it out in our forties. These laugh-out-loud essays cover everything from aging gracefully (with and without botox), what happens when you look for community and almost start a cult, befriending childhood demons (Hi Mumm-ra!), gender fluidity in middle age, the cost of being too fabulous, and the various gymnastics we do to avoid becoming our parents, taking us from her childhood in 1980s New York City to present-day Baltimore. In these pages, Jean captures magic in a bottle, distilling the feeling of hanging out with your smartest, funniest, and most brutally honest best friend"--
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By Topic Rap musicians--Biography--United States
By Name Grae, Jean
By Genre Biographies
Autobiographies
Personal narratives
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