Love Affair by Leslie Kenton

'Leslie, I...' he begins, then stops. He is staring at me. I look back at him. I wonder if he is still angry. He knows what I am thinking. 'I'm not mad at you, Shortstuff,' he says. He comes into the room and shuts the door. 'I'm mad at myself.' He sits on the edge of the rumpled bed. 'I love you so much, Leslie. It's just, maybe I love you the wrong way.'
Now I know what he is talking about.

Leslie Kenton was the only child of Violet, a stunning Hitchcock blonde, and Stanley - the legendary jazz giant Stan Kenton. Their story is set on the road in 1950s America and in the mania of Hollywood - a world of jazz clubs, dance halls and one-nighters, where lives were lived on razor's edge.

Love Affair takes us beyond the bright lights and glamour into an intense, claustrophobic world of a father and his child. Too closely matched, their shared DNA traps them in a double helix - one strand forged in terror, the other luminous with a shared passion for music, joy and laughter. As the strands become entwined, blood on white tiles obliterates innocence and a forbidden honeymoon brings freedom. Gradually, as Stanley grapples with alcohol and his personal demons, his actions threaten to destroy the only real, untainted thing in his life: Leslie.

A true story of obsession, tragedy and grace, Love Affair is Leslie Kenton's powerful memoir. At its heart is the complex relationship with her father - a union so powerful it defines all that comes later. As their lives become increasingly entangled, so do the forces of darkness and light that exist within us all, leading to destruction for him and heartbreaking redemption for her.

Genres: Nonfiction - Memoir
Condition: Very Good
Published: 2010 by Vermilion 
Pages: 371
ISBN: 9780091910532
Weight: 485g