{"product_id":"this-is-how-you-say-goodbye-a-daughters-memoir-paperback","title":"This Is How You Say Goodbye: A Daughter's Memoir - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eVictoria Loustalot\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Victoria Loustalot was eight years old her father swept her up in a grand fantasy: a trip around the world. It was an outlandish plan and she fell for it. But it could never happen. Victoria's once-closeted father was gay and HIV positive. Not long after making his promise, he would be bedridden full-blown AIDS. Three days before her eleventh birthday, he would kill himself.\u003cbr\u003eBut Victoria never forgot the fantasy. And she never stopped wondering what it would have been like to be alone with her father, to have seen him outside of his bed and his home, to have been with him in a new context. And what of him? Would he have glimpsed not just that eight-year-old girl on the banks of the Seine, but his adult daughter, too? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis Is How You Say Goodbye \u003c\/i\u003efollows a daughter as she searches for answers about her father, and about herself. In this razor-sharp memoir, Victoria Loustalot travels to Cambodia, Stockholm, and Paris to find out who her difficult and charismatic father was, and where, exactly, she came from. Writing with grace, humor, and ruthless honesty, she investigates her father's past, tracks down the men he loved, and ultimately finds peace within a jagged loss. This is a book born out of love and need, because while her father would always be forty-four, Victoria came to understand their relationship was still very much alive. And she needed to say goodbye.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVICTORIA LOUSTALOT is a twenty-seven-year-old journalist and essayist. She earned her B.A. and M.F.A. from Columbia University. Her writing has appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnion\u003c\/i\u003e as well as online for AOL, iVillage, \u003ci\u003eWomen's Wear Daily\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGlamour Magazine's \u003c\/i\u003erelationship blog \"Smitten,\" Brides and the recently launched Crushable among others. She also wrote \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker's\u003c\/i\u003e daily literary blog, \"The Book Bench,\" in 2008 and 2009. \u003ci\u003eThis Is How You Say Goodbye \u003c\/i\u003eis her first book.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.7 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 23, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43153087463487,"sku":"9781250056504","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/ODgdoWz-ay9781250056504.webp?v=1776943901","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/this-is-how-you-say-goodbye-a-daughters-memoir-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}