No Stars in Jefferson Park

A Memoir

Häftad, Engelska, 2025

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A Chicagoan’s coming-of-age memoir finds courage in the face of immense lossIn her early twenties, Maggie Andersen was a founding ensemble member of Chicago’s storied Gift Theatre with her then-boyfriend, Michael Patrick Thornton. But after a series of spinal strokes left Thornton paralyzed, Andersen made the heart-wrenching decision to leave him, along with their growing company and, later, her beloved city. No Stars in Jefferson Park alternates between two narratives: the energy and excitement of making art in Chicago’s thriving storefront theater scene and the devastating day-to-day realities of rehabilitation and rebuilding—and somewhere in the middle finding the courage to choose yourself. Over the past twenty-plus years, the Gift—now performing in the working-class neighborhood of Portage Park—has become one of the most vital storefront theaters in Chicago, with Thornton’s career taking him to Hollywood and Broadway. But Andersen’s story has brought her back home. No Stars in Jefferson Park is a testament to lifelong friendship, a love letter to Chicago, and a profound coming-of-age story about the pain and necessity of putting yourself first.

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Utgivningsdatum2025-10-15
Mått152 x 229 x 18 mm
Vikt408 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor272
FörlagNorthwestern University Press
ISBN9780810149519

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“No Stars in Jefferson Park is an instant Chicago classic, excavating the deeply moving and complex personal histories behind the forming of a now-renowned theater company—but this luminous story also transcends any one city or art form. Here, Andersen boldly wrestles with the essential questions of love, loyalty, freedom, sacrifice, collaboration, self-discovery, betrayal, tenacity, forgiveness, and the intimate power of bearing witness to another's whole life. This book is a gift.” —Gina Frangello, author of Blow Your House Down: A Story of Family, Feminism, and Treason “Poetically weaving together memories and history, this is a work of staggering vulnerability about finding your place in the world through risks and mistakes, honesty and forgiveness, and loving deeply though it all. No Stars in Jefferson Park feels like your best friend sharing her tale in a dark Chicago dive bar over a glass of good bourbon.” —Sandra Delgado, actor, writer, and producer “No Stars in Jefferson Park shows us people who are complicated and messy, people who behaved badly and wonderfully and I loved them through all of it. Andersen takes us deep into a single, unique experience of class, art, disability, choice, love and loss; it is a timely, visceral, heartbreaking story.” —Amanda Delheimer, Artistic Director, 2nd Story