A Mother, a Daughter and a Memoir

An indelible interview of first-time author Ariel Leve.

Ariel Leve cut off communication with her mother three years ago. But the New York-based journalist did reach out recently via Skype, while traveling abroad, to inform mom that her memoir An Abbreviated Life was forthcoming. The book arrived June 14.

That’s just one of many fascinating details in this weekend’s interview of Leve by Jon Ronson for The Guardian. Leve writes in the book that she endured and survived a contentious upbringing on the Upper East Side with her eccentric, famous mom.

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