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Book

Cry for me, Argentina : my life as a failed child star

Call Number

  • 921 Y14 (CEN, OSH)

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Publication Information

New York : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025

Physical Description

xiii, 224 pages ; 22 cm

Summary

"A hilarious, moving memoir by Argentine-American comedian Tamara Yajia about growing up between two worlds. From the day she was born, Tamara Yajia entered the world on a wave of absurdity. She was the newest member of a family no one would call normal, from her grandfather the salami obsessed poppers salesman, to her mother, the OnlyFans model. Not only will her family try anything once, like moving to the United States and opening a food stand named Sexy Chicken; they'll try anything multiple times, like moving back to Argentina, then back to the United States, all while Tamara manages to achieve some success as a preteen child actress after a jaw-dropping performance where she strips down to a garter belt in front of a crowd of rabbis. The road doesn't get easier for a twelve-year-old Argentinian Jew trying to make it big in Orange County. The disappointment of giving up her childhood career as a performer makes for a rather tumultuous coming of age. But through grit, hustle, and a series of creative endeavors like joining a girl band, and performing her own one-woman show, Cumming of Age, Tam has made it through, and she's ready to spill some shit -- figuratively and literally. Featuring an unlikely combination of comedy and tragedy, generational struggle, and filthy sex jokes, Tamara Yajia's debut memoir is the messy, blazing story of a young Argentine trying to survive while holding on to her confidence, ambition, and sense of humor."--bloomsbury.com.

Contents

  • Argentina. A bunch of selfish pieces of shit
  • Pussy fingers
  • The pink balloon
  • Jacaranda trees
  • The United States. Rabbits in my throat
  • I get some beautiful friends
  • Sexy chicken
  • The feral child of the mall
  • Back to Argentina. Yiddishland
  • Like a prayer
  • Ano contra natura
  • The voice of a penis
  • The president is a ball sack with sideburns
  • ...and back to the United States. New-new-new beginnings (a single, lonely tooth)
  • The girl with the broken pussy
  • My first love (a smear of feces on a white down comforter)
  • That crazed look of psychosis
  • The interpreter
  • A parade of deaths
  • Failed child star.

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Bloomsbury (Firm),