Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You (Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction)
by Sue William Silverman
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Author: Sue William SilvermanEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 1996-10-01
ISBN: 0820318701
Number of pages: 288
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
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Book Review: One of the best books I've read in a long time.
Summary: 5 Stars
I liked how the author spared herself nothing being totally honest, and how she didn't miraculestly with the help of therapy, get better over night. I beleive a lot of survivers (incest, child abuse, battered spouses etc.) will see themselves in the wanting so much to be loved by someone who hurts you. And I also like how she didn't demonize her father, the truth was bad enough ,and even told how sometimes he would do nice things for her. The possessiveness envoled in this type of abuse and how sex and love hoave nothing to do with it. The fact that abuse always needs three individuals, so to speak, one to commit the act, one to enable, and one to be the victim /surviver. In this case her mother was the enabler turning up the radio at night when her husband was raping and torturing their daughter. And all for the sake of presenting the perfect family image to the world. To concluded this story is both highly disturbing and uplifiting. After reading this book you are left with a feeling of hope and all the possiblieties of life. Great read I would suggest it to eveyone.
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Summary of Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You (Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creative Nonfiction)
Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You destroys our complacency about who among us can commit unspeakable atrocities, who is subjected to them, and who can stop them. From age four to eighteen, Sue William Silverman was repeatedly sexually abused by her father, an influential government official and successful banker. Through her eyes, we see an outwardly normal family built on a foundation of horrifying secrets that long went unreported, undetected, and unconfessed.
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