Story of My Life (novel)
Story of My Life is a novel published in 1988 by American author Jay McInerney.
Plot and characters
The novel is narrated in the first-person from the point of view of Alison Poole, "an ostensibly jaded, cocaine-addled, sexually voracious 20-year-old." Alison is originally from Virginia and lives in Manhattan, where she is involved in several sexual relationships and is aspiring to become an actress. She falls in love with bond trader and Shakespeare expert Dean, but soon they betray each other. The novel implies that the cause of Poole's "party girl" behavior is her father's abuse, including the killing of her prize jumping horse.
Influences
Poole is based on McInerney's former girlfriend Rielle Hunter, then named Lisa Druck. In the novel, Poole describes her childhood and tells how her show jumper horse Dangerous Dan had suddenly "dropped dead." McInerney's novel ends with Poole disclosing that her horse was poisoned by her father:
There was speculation that Story of My Life was a roman à clef when it first appeared; to New York Magazine's questions "Is it real? Did it happen?" McInerney replied, "I'm anticipating some of that kind of speculation, but I'm utterly confident of not having any lawsuits on my hands. The book is a fully imagined work of fiction. On the other hand, it's not to say that I didn't make use of [pause] … That's why I live in New York. Mine is not an autonomous imagination."
The Story of My Life
The Story of My Life may refer to:
Literature
Music
Songs
Story of My Life (Kristian Leontiou song)
"Story of My Life" is the debut single by British singer Kristian Leontiou and written by Kristian Leontiou, Sarah Erasmus, Pete Wilkinson, from his album Some Day Soon. It charted at number 9 in the UK on 30 May 2004.
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References
Story of My Life (Social Distortion song)
"Story of My Life" is a 1990 song by Social Distortion, written by Mike Ness, which was released as a single and also appeared on their self-titled album as well as Live at the Roxy. The song describes a love interest he had as a teenager that he never really acted upon and years later he's looking back wistfully on how things have changed and how quickly his life (and the opportunity) has passed him by.
Although it failed to chart on all of the major charts, it is one of the band's biggest hits, and received heavy airplay.
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TV, movie, and video game appearances
