Riding the Cyclone: Growing Up Feral In the '60s

by Lauren Ruth Wiener

When Lauren Ruth Wiener was six, her mother died without warning. More interested in dating than child-rearing, her father left her in the care of a violent, unhinged nanny. A riveting first-person account, Riding the Cyclone careens like the Coney Island roller coaster from gut-wrenching sadism to hilariously caustic commentary as Lauren tries to make sense of her world. Growing up in extreme isolation amid suburban affluence, she suffers...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1468011367
• ISBN13: 9781468011364
• Release Date: December 2011
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 316 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"