A collection of provocative stories explores the pleasures and rituals of dominance and submission and articulates the psychological desires that direct people into this type of relationship
Elissa Wald Boeken
Elissa Walds schrijven duikt in provocerende thema's, voortkomend uit een leven vol onconventionele ervaringen. Haar proza wordt gekenmerkt door onbevreesde eerlijkheid en een perspectief gesmeed onder ongebruikelijke omstandigheden. Door haar werk verkent ze de complexiteit van menselijke verbindingen en de zoektocht naar waarheid op diverse levenspaden. Ze biedt lezers een onderscheidende stem die uitdagende verhalen met rauwe inzichten behandelt.
American Daughter
- 288bladzijden
- 11 uur lezen
"A STORY OF REDEMPTION AND FORGIVENESS"--NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW For 50 years, Stephanie Plymale kept her past a fiercely guarded secret. No one outside her immediate family would have guessed that her childhood was fraught with every imaginable hardship: a mentally ill mother who was in and out of jails and psych wards throughout Stephanie's formative years, neglect, hunger, poverty, homelessness, truancy, foster homes, a harrowing lack of medical care, and ongoing sexual abuse. Stephanie, in turn, knew very little about the past of her mother, from whom she remained estranged during most of her adult life. All this changed with a phone call that set a journey of discovery in motion, leading to a series of shocking revelations that forced Stephanie to revise the meaning of almost every aspect of her very compromised childhood. American Daughter is at once the deeply moving memoir of a troubled mother-daughter relationship and a meditation on trauma, resilience, transcendence, and redemption. Stephanie's story is unique but its messages are universal, offering insight into what it means to survive, to rise above, to heal, and to forgive.
