Just Say Yes

by Catherine Hiller

Overview

Just Say Yes, perhaps the first marijuana memoir ever published, is a positive account of long-term cannabis use. With ruthless honesty and deadpan humor, the author observes the effect of weed upon every aspect of her life: marriage, motherhood, friendship, work, sport, sex. As John Updike wrote about Hiller's short story collection, Skin, this is "good, brave and joyful writing."

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151325394
Publisher:	Heliotrope Books LLC
Publication date:	04/20/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	182
File size:	107 KB

About the Author

Catherine Hiller is the author of five novels: An Old Friend from High School, 17 Morton Street, California Time, Cybill in Between, The Adventures of Sid Sawyer, and a short story collection, Skin: Sensual Tales.

She has also written two children’s books, Argentaybee and the Boonie and Abracatabby.

She is the co-producer of two hour-long documentary films: Do Not Enter: The Visa War Against Ideas and Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider.

Catherine Hiller has a BA, summa cum laude, from Brooklyn College and a PhD from Brown University. The mother of three adult sons, she lives with her husband and their dog in Westchester County, New York.

She has smoked marijuana almost every day for the past fifty years.

Editorial Reviews

"This funny, wry and very candid memoir purports to be a Confession of an American Pot-Smoker but is really a cultural/personal history of the past fifty years. The narrative progresses backward, and not only the past but innocence itself is recaptured."

MFA Writing Program, Columbia University - Phillip Lopate

"Likely to loosen up fellow smokers, while adding a personal take to the public discussion of cannabis."

Kirkus Reviews

"Brilliant, important, and beautifully written."

author of Seductress and Swoon - Betsy Prioleau