Love Affair is a gut-wrenching memoir of a forbidden relationship between a father and daughter. Leslie Kenton describes her journey of growing up in an unsound environment, where her father struggled with alcoholism and gradually crossed boundaries, leading to her truncated childhood. The novel delves deep into the bitter truth of incest and how it affects a person's mental health. Though heart-wrenching, Love Affair is a thought-provoking and incredibly emotional memoir that highlights the importance of healthy familial relationships.

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A searing literary memoir of a disconnected childhood, a multigenerational upbringing and incest― from the daughter of legendary jazz pianist Stan KentonLeslie Kenton was the only child of Violet, a stunning Hitchcock blonde, and the legendary jazz giant Stan Kenton. The story takes place on the road in 1950s America and in the mania of Hollywood―a world of jazz clubs, dance halls and onenighters, where lives were lived on a razor's edge.Love Affair takes us beyond the bright lights and glamour into an intense, claustrophobic world of a father and the only child of his troubled marriage. As Stanley grapples with alcohol and his personal demons, gradually his actions threaten to destroy the only real, untainted thing in his Leslie.A true story of obsession, tragedy and grace, Love Affair is Leslie Kenton's powerful memoir. At its heart is the complex, ultimately incestuous, relationship with her father–a union so powerful it defines all that came after. 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.There have been memoirs about incest before, but Love Affair is a surprisingly moving and elegant treatment of a young life, shared passion, and boundaries crossed.

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