{"product_id":"strange-tribe-a-family-memoir-9781599211121","title":"Strange Tribe: A Family Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003eStrange Tribe is a fascinating memoir revealing the peculiar family dynamics between Ernest Hemingway and his youngest son Gregory. Gregory  the authors father  tried to live up to Ernests macho reputation throughout his life. But as a cross-dresser and (eventually) a transsexual  Gregory was obsessed with androgyny and his \"female half  and he struggled with personal demons up until his death in the Womens Correctional Facility of the Miami Dade County Jail in 2001. In this wonderfully crafted narrative  John reveals how Ernest and Gregory (who both suffered from bipolar illness and were both fascinated by androgyny) were two sides of the same coin. Featuring several unpublished correspondences between Ernest and Gregory  Strange Tribe is the story of these two men and the surprising similarities between the two.  This is also Johns story--about what it was like growing up in Miami and Montana with his father and his schizophrenic mother  and of how it took him years to deal with the pain their illnesses caused him. He also shows how the persona of Ernest Hemingway  the most important literary icon of the past 100 years  continues to loom darkly over the often-troubled lives of his descendants.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45953240760373,"sku":"ByrdShop_1599211122","price":25.47,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781599211121.jpg?v=1788182655","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/strange-tribe-a-family-memoir-9781599211121","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}