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The Awakener
The Awakener: A Memoir of Jack Kerouac and the Fifties | Helen Weaver
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The Awakener is Helen Weaver's long awaited memoir of her adventures with Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Lenny Bruce, and other wild characters from the New York City of the fifties and sixties. The sheltered but rebellious daughter (…more)
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The book was pretty good as I recall , I read it in 2009 . Nobody stuck with Jack for long , bad behavior in the name of freedom can get tired day to day. my dysfunctional book fascinations will always include the beats.( NY Times)

Trashcanman 👋👋 4y
Leftcoastzen 👏👋👋 4y
AmyG Dysfunctional characters? I have a thing for dysfunctional families. 🙌🏻 (edited) 4y
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vivastory So many dysfunctional relationships 😂 4y
vivastory I mean Burroughs literally killed his wife. Not intentional, but still.. 4y
Leftcoastzen @vivastory indeed , and the Lucien Carr thing? Wow. 4y
vivastory @Leftcoastzen Right? How wild is it that his son went on to write 4y
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This author is not very advanced, but I enjoyed reading this.