Shrapnel (e-book) (used book) | Alisyn Camerota | bookbook.eu

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CNN Anchor Alisyn Camerota’s memoir Combat Love is a story of longing, leaving and the lure of bright lights. It is also the story of a mother and daughter, entangled and estranged, bound together then pulled apart, each searching for her own identity and independence. With her signature wit and hard-won wisdom, Camerota captures the raw emotions and high stakes of our teenage years, walking the line between shelter and risk, nurture and neglect, trauma and healing, forgiveness and redemption.

Set on the Jersey Shore in the free-range 1980s, Camerota is thirteen when she becomes spellbound by a local punk rock band named Shrapnel and instantly becomes a diehard fan. Combat Love chronicles Camerota’s harrowing close calls and wild misadventures at clubs like the iconic CBGB, against the backdrop of sex, drugs, and punk rock. When Camerota finds herself on her own at sixteen, she relies on the good will of strangers, friends, and song lyrics for life guidance.

Camerota retraces her misteps and longings down a winding, gritty path toward her big dream of becoming a TV reporter and finding lasting love. Compelling, heart-wrenching, funny, and pulse-pounding, Combat Love is an anthem of hope and resilience for anyone who’s ever searched for that elusive place called home.