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Book Details:
Book Title: ASHES TO INK: A Memoir by Lisa Lucca
Category: Adult Non-Fiction (18+), 267 pages
Genre: Memoir
Publisher: JuJu House Publishing
Release date: October 2021
Tour dates: Feb 1
to Feb 21, 2022
Content Rating: PG-13. There is some bad language (several f-words), sexual scenes (not
explicit), and cigarette and marijuana smoking.
“Lisa Lucca weaves the past and present into a vividly written and
important story with many layers: family secrets, fathers and daughters,
love and sexuality, and at the core, forgiveness. What touched me most
was the call to action to become the love of your own life. Read, learn,
and become!” — Laura Munson, New York Times bestselling author and founder of the
acclaimed Haven Writing Retreats.
“In this raw and gripping memoir, Lisa Lucca has perfectly captured the
unique ripple effects of life with a gay parent. With little
representation in popular media, people who grow up with (or find out
about) LGBTQ+ parents/caregivers are often left to wonder if there’s
anyone else who really understands. Ashes to Ink is proof we are not
alone, and that love truly does win.”
— Jordan Budd, Executive Director of COLAGE, National LGBTQ+ family
organization
“Fresh, warm, sassy, and smart... Lisa’s voice is a delight! I was
enchanted by this book.”
— Alexia La Fortune, Author of Sex, Love, and Spirit
"Ashes to Ink… a power punch of a book written by the glorious
Lisa Lucca. Filled with rage and anger and sorrow and more unleashed
anger…and much humor and love...human emotion in each chapter. Lisa's
memoir is all about LOVE, the wanting, the needing, the longing, the
acceptance, the fear of love, the need for love. From a parent whose
lifestyle flattens her to the seeking of love with men who challenge her
(unconsciously) to finding the right one. This is a memoir about family
- the down and dirty - about love, about searching... and forgiveness.
This book is filled with so much truth, so many untamed feelings, so
much rawness… a memoir that gives you ample time to hold your breath and
exhale. Read it, devour it, allow yourself to creep into the
uncomfortableness. Life is filled with discomfort and unease - Lisa
gives us all the rare opportunity to see ourselves in the dazzling, and
magnificent mirror she holds up for us." — Amy Ferris, Marrying George Clooney, Confessions from a Midlife
Crisis
Book Description:
Acceptance struggles to emerge from a cocoon of family secrets . . .
After
her parents' divorce in 1974, Lisa Lucca's idyllic Midwestern childhood is
shattered when she learns her father is gay. Sworn to secrecy, she begins
carrying the emotions of her family like a cracked bucket, making a mess as
she embarks on a life of rebellious choices.
Decades later, faced
with the aftermath of her father’s death, Lisa revisits the complicated
relationship she had with him, delving deeper into the stories she’s held
about love, sexuality, and the family she comes from with a shimmering
clarity that arises from her grief.
A story of heartache and the
power of forgiveness, Ashes to Ink shines a light on the challenges
of living true to who we are, especially for single parents.
Meet the Author:
Lisa Lucca’s work has been published in several publications
and anthologies, most recently in Crone Rising. She is the co-author
of the epistolary memoir, You Are Loved, with her partner, Mark
Mathias, a love story she will continue telling in her next book.
She
shares a home with Mark in the high desert of southern New Mexico where she
continues her work as a life coach, and hosts a weekly public radio show,
Live True, bringing insightful and engaging interviews to her listeners. The
show streams globally at lccommunityradio.org where the shows are available
in the archives.
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