The taste of anger: a memoir
"It is 1962 and Diane is three years old when her violent father moves her, her pregnant mother, and her six siblings to a remote farm in Upstate New York. There, Diane grabs the reader by the hand and takes them to the broken-down barns, barren fields, and rows of bunk beds in her rat-infested...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Berkeley, CA
She Writes Press
2024
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| In: | Year: 2024 |
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| Summary: | "It is 1962 and Diane is three years old when her violent father moves her, her pregnant mother, and her six siblings to a remote farm in Upstate New York. There, Diane grabs the reader by the hand and takes them to the broken-down barns, barren fields, and rows of bunk beds in her rat-infested attic bedroom as she questions all that feels wrong about her new world. Watching her ever-pregnant mother grow emotionally colder with each new baby she wonders, 'Where is she when he swings his fists, his steel-toed boot, or a crowbar?' And as she's forced to perform adult manual labor in between the erratic beatings she and her siblings pound on one another to release their own aggressions, she can't help but ask, 'Is this what we’ve become? What I've become?' Narrated in the ever-hopeful voice of a child, The Taste of Anger explores in raw, unflinching detail how years of isolation, oppression, and the threat of retaliation create an environment in which family secrets are guarded at all costs. Tension is palpable with the turning of each page, ensuring that the reader won't let go of Diane's hand until she gets an answer to her most urgent question of all: 'Who will rescue us?'"--Back cover |
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| Physical Description: | xii, 213 Seiten, 22 cm |
| ISBN: | 9781647426842 |