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Sara Faith Alterman

Biography

Sara Faith Alterman

Sara Faith Alterman is a Bostonian at heart and a San Franciscan at present. She’s written for the New York Times, McSweeney’s and the Boston Globe, as well as the anthologies MODERN LOSS: Candid Conversations About Grief and NOT QUITE WHAT I WAS PLANNING: Six Word Memoirs by Writers Famous and Obscure. Sara also produces "Mortified," the acclaimed stage show, podcast and Netflix series that features adults reading from their cringe-worthy teenage diaries. LET'S NEVER TALK ABOUT THIS AGAIN is her third book.

Sara Faith Alterman

Books by Sara Faith Alterman

by Sara Faith Alterman - Memoir, Nonfiction

Twelve-year-old Sara enjoyed a G-rated existence in suburban New England, filled with over-the-top birthday cakes, Revolutionary War reenactments, and nerdy word games invented by her prudish father, Ira. But Sara's world changed for the icky when she discovered that Ira had been shielding her from the truth: that he was a campy sex writer who’d sold millions of books in multiple languages. For decades, these books remained an unspoken family secret, until Ira developed early onset Alzheimer's disease…and announced he'd be reviving his writing career. With Sara's help. In her memoir, Sara shares the profound experience of discovering new facets of her father --- once as a child, and again as an adult.