![]() Her parents, two upper-class artists of means, “did not have to earn confidence by achievement.” Both talented and beautiful narcissists were absorbed in the pursuit of both artistic and romantic transcendence, and saw parenting their children Hayden and Blair as less important than their other aims. Some context: Hayden Herrera’s Upper Bohemia is a memoir of the author’s childhood during the 1950s in Cape Cod, New York City, Mexico City, and Boston. Herrera is after something different, a story told by amalgam, a story that gets to its essence not by sticking too long with any one episode, but by showing through a long series of short memories that a lifetime of well-meaning neglect can breed fear, uncertainty, and dissatisfaction in children. ![]() It’s a memoir, but not in the way that so many memoirs take one long story over a traditional roller coaster of plot points. ![]() IT’S HARD TO WRITE about Hayden Herrera’s Upper Bohemia. ![]()
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