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Bezig met laden... rough house: a memoirdoor Tina Ontiveros
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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. Most readers might expect this to be another memoir in the likes of “Educated” or “The Glass Castle”, and while there are some similarities, this memoir stands apart from the rest. As Tina reflects on her upbringing, she also attempts to understand why her father acted the way that he did. Was it his addiction making him act this way, or something else? She’s not excusing it mind you, but looking at it from an older perspective. She’s also not allowing her trauma to stain her fond childhood memories, and as someone who experienced childhood abuse, this resonated deeply with me. I found it very powerful and compelling. Tina writes many passages that are poetic and had me itching to highlight them (but as this was a library book, I wouldn’t dream of doing so). ( ) Tina Ontiveros's memoir is a tough read but it lays bare what it was like to grow up in the logging camps of the Pacific Northwest. Raised by a charming but abusive father and a mother worn down by small-town poverty, Ontiveros writes with heartbreaking honesty about family dysfunction and intergenerational trauma. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
"A story of growing up in turmoil, Rough House recounts a childhood divided between a charming, mercurial, abusive father in the forests of the Pacific Northwest, and a mother struggling with poverty in The Dalles. It is also a story of generational trauma, especially for the women - a story of violent men and societal restrictions, of children not always chosen, and frequently raised alone. Tracing her childhood through the working class towns and forests of Washington and Oregon, Ontiveros explores themes of love and loss, parents and children, and her own journey to a different kind of adulthood"-- Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)979.092History and Geography North America Great Basin and West Coast U.S.LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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