Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post-Punk,

Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post-Punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East Side

â€œTerrific. . .Rayyaâ€™s stories blew mine away.â€ â€“ Elizabeth Gilbert
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â€œA classic, blood-stained love letter to bohemian NYC.â€ â€“ Craig Marks

When she was seven, Rayya Elias and her family fled the political conflict in their native Syria, settling in Detroit. Bullied in school and caught between the world of her traditional family and her tough American classmates, she rebelled early.

Elias moved to New York City to become a musician and kept herself afloat with an uncommon talent for cutting hair. At the height of the punk movement, life on the Lower East Side was full of adventure, creative inspiration, and temptation. Eventually, Eliasâ€™s passionate affairs with lovers of both sexes went awry, her (more than) occasional drug use turned to addiction, and she found herself living on the streetsâ€”between her visits to jail.

This debut memoir charts four decades of a life lived in the moment, a path from harrowing loss and darkness to a place of peace and redemption. Eliasâ€™s wit and lack of self-pity in the face of her extreme highs and lows make Harley Loco a powerful read thatâ€™s sure to appeal to fans of Patti Smith, Augusten Burroughs, and Eleanor Henderson.

From the Hardcover edition.
Country USA
Manufacturer Penguin Books
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2013-04-04
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Penguin Books
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2013-04-04
Format	Kindle eBook

Harley Loco: A Memoir of Hard Living, Hair, and Post-Punk, from the Middle East to the Lower East Side

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