As I Lay Frying: A Rehoboth Beach Memoir - Paperback

by Fay Jacobs (Author)

In 1995, writer Fay Jacobs cruised into Rehoboth Beach, and discovered the unique charm of this seaside community. Almost immediately, she began chronicling life in Rehoboth in a regular column for the magazine Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. The essays in As I Lay Frying tell a story that is sometimes provocative, sometimes political, occasionally heartwarming, and always hilarious.

Front Jacket

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware has been called The Nation's Summer Capital ever since the families of U.S. Senators and Congressmen discovered its beauty and charm, spending summers in Rehoboth to escape the oppressive heat and humidity of Washington, DC. Later, Rehoboth became another kind of refuge, when the gay and lesbian communities of the Mid-Atlantic found a beach resort to call their own. In 1995, writer Fay Jacobs and her partner Bonnie literally cruised into town and discovered the unique charm of this seaside community. Almost immediately, Fay began chronicling her life as a Rehoboth weekender in a column that appeared in the magazine Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. In the years that followed, Fay's Rehoboth fans have followed her smart, witty columns as Fay & Bonnie made the transition from visitors to regulars to locals themselves. Fay's unique voice and her willingness to bare it all in print turned her fans into a sort of extended family. Together, these essays tell a story that is sometimes provocative, sometimes political, occasionally heartwarming, and always hilarious.

Back Jacket

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware has been called The Nation's Summer Capital ever since the families of U.S. Senators and Congressmen discovered its beauty and charm, spending summers in Rehoboth to escape the oppressive heat and humidity of Washington, DC. Later, Rehoboth became another kind of refuge, when the gay and lesbian communities of the Mid-Atlantic found a beach resort to call their own. In 1995, writer Fay Jacobs and her partner Bonnie literally cruised into town and discovered the unique charm of this seaside community. Almost immediately, Fay began chronicling her life as a Rehoboth weekender in a column that appeared in the magazine Letters from CAMP Rehoboth. In the years that followed, Fay's Rehoboth fans have followed her smart, witty columns as Fay & Bonnie made the transition from visitors to regulars to locals themselves. Fay's unique voice and her willingness to bare it all in print turned her fans into a sort of extended family. Together, these essays tell a story that is sometimes provocative, sometimes political, occasionally heartwarming, and always hilarious.

Author Biography

A native New Yorker, Fay Jacobs spent 30 years in Washington, DC working in journalism, public relations and theater. She is the former publisher of A&M Books, a successor to the legendary Naiad Press. Her first book, As I Lay Frying - a Rehoboth Beach Memoir (2004) is in its 4th printing. A second essay collection, Fried & True - Tales from Rehoboth Beach won the 2008 National Federation of Press Women Book of the Year for Humor. Her third book, For Frying Out Loud - Rehoboth Beach Diaries won a ForeWord Reviews Humor Book of the Year, a Goldie Award, Independent Publishers Award, American Library Association Over the Rainbow award and the 2011 National Federation of Press Women Book of the Year Award. Her most recent book Time Fries: Aging Gracelessly in Rehoboth Beach won the 2013 National Federation of Press Women Book of the Year for Humor. Her latest project is a reading, Aging Gracelessly: 50 Shades of Fay, which is currently being performed at GLBT events, conferences and in theatres around the country.

Fay teaches classes in humor writing, editing and memoir and has written for The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, The Advocate, Curve Magazine and more. She lives in Rehoboth with Bonnie, her wife of 33 years, and a Miniature Schnauzer named Windsor.