Gives an account of fourteen years of incestous abuse by the author's father, looking at how she dealt with her situation, and how it affected her years after it stopped
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A powerful and intimate memoir describes one woman's battle with a sexual addiction and her distorted belief that sex is love, describing her father's sexual abuse, her life of self-destructive sexual behavior, and her difficult struggle to ...
... period Vermont College of Fine Arts that helps us all survive through the written word Marc J. Sheehan, with love, who helps me survive every day Quizzle, the Magical Cat, who survives in my memory How is it possible, after all, ...
"For Sue Silverman, the wrong places to look for love include: At the end of a phone, when a stranger calls her college dorm late night and asks what she's wearing; on a blue leather couch, with a senator, while an intern on Capital Hill; ...
Memoir of Sue William Silverman, a self-described "white Anglo-Saxon Jew" who grew up going to a Christian school. Discusses how she grew up a fan of Pat Boone before Boone became a Tea Party member.
A terrifying ghost story from the Queen of Icelandic crime, Yrsa Sigurdardottir, author of the Thora Gudmundsdottir novels. 'Yrsa is one of the most exciting new voices in the crime thriller world.
An environmental journalist traces the historical war against rust, revealing how rust-related damage costs more than all other natural disasters combined and how it is combated by industrial workers, the government, universities and ...
“Beautifully elegiac and intricately plotted, this is Nordic noir at its best.”—People Winner of the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel • Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year • Shortlisted for the Best Swedish Book of the ...
In this extraordinary memoir, Deborah Cohan shares her story of caring for her elderly father, a man who was often generous and loving, but who also subjected her to a lifetime of cruelty, rage, and controlling behavior.
But, until then, this is writing that fights its way toward that outcome one little textual explosion at a time.