The Incest Diary
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.89 (589 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B073ZJ8M1D |
| Format Type | : | |
| Number of Pages | : | 499 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-17 |
| Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In this graphic and harrowing memoir, the author revisits her early traumas and their aftermath - not from a clinical distance but from deep within - to explore the ways in which her father's abuse shaped her and still does. Beneath a veneer of normal family life, she grew up in and around this all-encompassing secret. Her sexual relationship with her father lasted, off and on, into her 20s. "In the fairy tales about father-daughter incest - 'The Girl Without Hands', 'Thousand Furs', the original 'Cinderella', 'Donkey Skin', and the stories of Saint Dymphna, patron saint of incest survivors - the daughters are all as you would expect them to be: horrified by their father's sexual advances. It has never been faced so directly in an audiobook.. Even after she broke away - even as she grew into an independent and adventurous young woman - she continued to seek out new versions of the violence, submission, and secrecy she had struggled to leave behind. And then, years later, she made herself write it down. It formed her world, and it formed her deepest fears and desires. As a matter o
LYRICALLY PORNOGRAPHIC IBALON 35 The book is pornographic -- lyrically pornographic. The anonymous author is obviously a previously-published fiction writer, which mightexplain the swollen embellishments in the luridly-graphic narrative. I enjoyed reading this well-written, salacious book -- immensely.But I can't shake off the feeling that this is a work of at least partially fiction, aided in its writing by a male collaborator. If the story is true, the narrative's protagonists are permanently damaged psychologically and should seek competent professional . I need a drink. You'll probably need one too, but read it anyway. This book has some layers to it. Firstly, there's a lot of sex and violence in there. You've got to be able to summon the fortitude if you're squeamish, because there's no shortage of things that will cause cringing, outrage or perhaps even nausea.I don't think it's out of place, though. When you read through it, we're looking into the recollections of a woman whose early life was defined by sex and violence. Her very worldview is impacted by this, such is the extent that I doubt many people could reach their imaginations to. "feed his corpse to dogs." First I'm male, second I've suffered abuse, including sexual, at the hands of an 'older female relative' (I still don't want to admit details other than to my wife, my therapist and my sponsor). It lay dormant for 50 years, but the opened memory is as clear as my first meeting my wife.it rings true, the final paragraph of the NY Times Review: "This book offers more sensation than perspective. The author’s scalded and mixed emotions are best summarized by these two sentences: “I want him to think that I’m se