Natural Venus

NATURAL VENUS by Steve Cirrone immediately pulls readers into the sordid and hilarious childhood of the author as he struggles with self-identity against the backdrop of “Mother”, and her very Italian family living in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn. With dynamic language and realistic, from-the-hip dialogue, Cirrone shows us that there is a machine of existence that at times pushes us and at other times pulls us through the muck of life, and, for good or for bad, Mother often turns the crank. 

When asked to comment on his latest book, NATURAL VENUS, author Steve Cirrone said, “If you were the kind of kid who tried every way possible to make your mother insane, and she not only kept up with you but beat you at your own game, then you will immediately relate to the narrator of this book.” 

“Mother is a character based on the woman who dared to bring someone like me into the world,” Cirrone said, “After reading the book, which bares some of the more profanely penitent snapshots of my youth caught between my mother and her kooky sisters, my mother called me and laughed out loud for five minutes. Afterwards she lowered her voice and said that she would be surprised if anyone in the family would ever speak to her again.”