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Bezig met laden... Funeral in a Feminine Dress: Depravity Reborn as Virtuedoor M.J. Burke SR
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 Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek.  MHanover10 | Jul 10, 2016 |   Bill and Verma Burke were sick. Bill with his warped views and his twisted vicious treatment of his wife. Verma in her puppy-like devotion, hoping for a sign of affection and instead getting kicked in the gut. Literally. Sick in what he did and what she accepted. And the 3 sons? Crap trickles downward doesn't it? And it affected each of them in its way. The youngest, Michael was the 'lucky' one in that his mother had an indomitable love and a persistant hope for him. She did her best behind the scenes to teach him, to show him what was truly important. I wound up with tears in my eyes for Verma, for what she endured, because to this day there are still too many women like her. Hoping for a hint of love. I DO understand because in a lesser way i have been there.. Michael writes from his heart, this is his view. His mothers love, i believe,is what carried him forward to where he is today. My only critique would be the last few pages where he speaks of his own religious beliefs- i felt it detracted from the story to be honest, what kept it from a 5 star rating. linda.marsheells | Nov 3, 2013 | geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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A father's loss of "true love" created a twisted, corrupted courtship that produced 34-years of abuse, pain, and depravity within a family. A son's discovery of "true love" saved his life, and inspired an amazingly loving, happy, family that achieved virtue. These two stories merge into a journey most call shocking, inspirational, and unforgettable. A mother's hideous secret, a son's complicity in her abuse, a grisly act of revenge... MJ's father was one of the nicest guys you'd ever want to meet-unless you were the mother of his three sons. MJ's mother was a bold feminist and hopeless romantic whose inclination to love was her demise. Verma lived a hellish life-what the author calls an "un-romance"-fueled by liquor, lies, desperation, and hatred. Why didn't his mother fight back? MJ's lurid and intense memoir will cheer yet incense you. MJ was a boy whose parents loved him but, overcome by their demons, caused him misery. Instead of voicing anger, MJ thanks Dad and Mom for their genetic gifts and life lessons. He spotlights his mother as his hero, detailing how her abuse increased as she was bloodied defending her grandson from a devilish mother. He praises the nuns at his school for their whacks to the head and for never giving up on him. Readers will marvel at how MJ escaped this toxic swamp-and his own death wish behaviors-and nine years after their first date, married his high school sweetheart. Today, together, they celebrate their 36-year marriage, much-to-much like a 1950's family sitcom to be true - but it is. MJ constructed a high-powered business career where family was always his top priority. A choice that cost him promotions and money but elevated him to the kind of man his mother wanted him to be. His mother's suffering convinces him God's plan is not working. Praising his Catholic education, MJ agrees all religion is good that teaches people to be good, yet explains how God is a potentially dangerous myth. Interestingly, clergy and his religious friends say his story is a tool to love God more. This memoir recounts the past but is all about our tomorrow's; full of life lessons for men, women and families. Posed are complex, critical questions of good versus evil, relationships and sex, work versus family, God and religion versus personal responsibility. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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To me, it didn't come across that Verma Strelow was a battered housewife as much as you would think from what is suggested by the synopsis. She was not afraid to confront the man who was involved with gang raping her. It seemed like she was abusive to Bill back. Maybe she wasn’t but I felt like the only difference was he probably hit her more. But those instances were so few in the book it almost felt like they just tried to stay out of each other’s way.
Bill Burke always told Verma he didn't love her. He was very honest from the beginning that he didn't want to be with her, so she seemed a little delusional with thinking he would say it to her. Verma seemed like a strong person but yet she didn’t have the strength to take her boys and leave. It’s probably the way things were like back then, but I couldn’t feel too sorry for Verma who insisted she was in love with Bill after a week and insisted on being with him when he clearly said she was a whore.
The traits of the parents continued in the older sons as Fred is a drinker and has a wife Cheri who is SO abusive I don’t understand why the family didn’t stand up more for Little Freddie. I would like to know what happened to him as I wouldn’t be surprised if he isn’t totally messed up and in a mental institution. That’s a memoir that would be hard to read as his abuse seemed much worse than what was mentioned for Verma.
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