TERRITORY OF MEN, THE

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Born into the turmoil of mid-sixties San Francisco, the daughterof a flower child and a surfer, Joelle Fraser grew up with nobedtime, no boundaries, and no father. But “dads” she had inabundance, as her mother worked her way through boyfriends andhusbands, caught between the traditional rules of her upbringingand the new freedoms of the “me generation” and women’s lib. Movingevery few months, from houseboats and beach shacks to run-downapartments, Joelle came to learn that a woman’s life, free or not,is played out on men’s territory.Set in northern California, Hawaii, and the small coastal towns ofOregon, Fraser’s engrossing memoir captures this centerlesschildhood in wonderfully vivid, frank writing, then goes on to showhow a legacy like this affects a girl as she grows up. Pretty,blond, precociously aware of her own sexuality, Joelle was drawn tomen early, eager to unlock their mysteries. Working in bars,prisons, and firing ranges, she liked to hang out where theycongregated. To her the only worlds that counted were men’s worlds.Men held the power; they made life matter.Fraser’s sharp vignettes of her intense relationships, brief,turbulent marriage, and itinerant life are haunting echoes of herearly memories. In The Territory of Men, she brilliantly portraysthe way a rootless childhood leads to a restless adulthood, and howa mother’s aimless life serves as a blueprint for herdaughter.，From the Hardcover edition.

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