NEW YORK CITY -- Kambri Crews is an American comedic storyteller based in New York City and author of Burn Down The Ground: A Memoir, a book about her chaotic childhood with Deaf parents.For fans of Jeannette Walls’ The Glass Castle, an unflinching, emotional memoir by the hearing daughter-CODA of two Deaf parents, about the rampant dysfunction of her rural Texas childhood and the searing violence that left her father serving a twenty-year prison sentence.
Successful New York producer and publicist Kambri Crews always knew that her childhood was unusual - she spent much of it in a tin shack deep with her family in the woods of Texas. But when, in her early 30s, her charismatic and adored father is sentenced to twenty years in prison for stabbing and nearly killing his girlfriend, she must confront for the first time his violent, destructive behavior.
In her brutally honest, completely captivating memoir, Crews struggles to forge a relationship with her incarcerated father and revisits her unconventional family and the long road she took to her current life... Read More:
Here’s what folks are saying about Kambri Crews and Burn Down the Ground: A Memoir:
“Poignant and unsettling.” - Kirkus Reviews.
“…a compelling testament to the strength of the human spirit.” - Booklist.
“Harrowing... A remarkable odyssey of scorched earth, collateral damage, and survival.” - Publishers Weekly.
“Kambri Crews has proven that absurdity, chaos and full blown dysfunction make for a fascinating memoir.” - Janeane Garofalo.
Kambri Crews's Official Website:
http://www.kambricrews.com & http://www.lovedaddy.org.
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