A Politely Dark View of Things
| Author | : Kelly J. Schram |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 54 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Autobiographical poetry |
| ISBN | : |
Catharsis Through Writing
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The Erratics
| Author | : Vicki Laveau-Harvie |
| Publisher | : Knopf |
| Total Pages | : 159 |
| Release | : 2020-08-25 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0525658629 |
Two sisters reckon with their toxic parents through the decline and death of their outlandishly tyrannical mother and with the care of their psychologically terrorized father, all relayed with dark humor and brutal honesty in this award-winning “brilliantly-written memoir... [that] reads like a novel” (best-selling author Margaret Atwood via Twitter). When her elderly mother is hospitalized unexpectedly, Vicki Laveau-Harvie and her sister travel to their parents' ranch home in Alberta, Canada, to help their father. Estranged from their parents for many years, they are horrified by what they discover on their arrival. For years their mother has camouflaged her manic delusions and savage unpredictability, and over the decades she has managed to shut herself and her husband away from the outside world, systematically starving him and making him a virtual prisoner in his own home. Rearranging their lives to be the daughters they were never allowed to be, the sisters focus their efforts on helping their father cope with the unending manipulations of their mother and encounter all the pressures that come with caring for elderly parents. And at every step they have to contend with their mother, whose favorite phrase during their childhood was: "I'll get you and you won't even know I'm doing it." Set against the natural world of the Canadian foothills ("in winter the cold will kill you, nothing personal"), this memoir—at once dark and hopeful—shatters precedents about grief, anger, and family trauma with surprising tenderness and humor.
Being Lolita
| Author | : Alisson Wood |
| Publisher | : Flatiron Books |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2020-08-04 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1250217229 |
A dark relationship evolves between a high schooler and her English teacher in this breathtakingly powerful memoir about a young woman who must learn to rewrite her own story. “Have you ever read Lolita?” So begins seventeen-year-old Alisson’s metamorphosis from student to lover and then victim. A lonely and vulnerable high school senior, Alisson finds solace only in her writing—and in a young, charismatic English teacher, Mr. North. Mr. North gives Alisson a copy of Lolita to read, telling her it is a beautiful story about love. The book soon becomes the backdrop to a connection that blooms from a simple crush into a forbidden romance. But as Mr. North’s hold on her tightens, Alisson is forced to evaluate how much of their narrative is actually a disturbing fiction. In the wake of what becomes a deeply abusive relationship, Alisson is faced again and again with the story of her past, from rereading Lolita in college to working with teenage girls to becoming a professor of creative writing. It is only with that distance and perspective that she understands the ultimate power language has had on her—and how to harness that power to tell her own true story. Being Lolita is a stunning coming-of-age memoir that shines a bright light on our shifting perceptions of consent, vulnerability, and power. This is the story of what happens when a young woman realizes her entire narrative must be rewritten—and then takes back the pen to rewrite it.
Catharsis Through Writing
| Author | : Erica Leigh Davis |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 2008 |
| Genre | : |
| ISBN | : |
Across the River and into the Trees was Ernest Hemingway's least popular and most unrecognized novel. While it has been discounted for years as an example of the ''writer in decline" due to its poor artistic quality and heavy autobiographical connections, I argue that it is the autobiographical roots of the novel that make it worth further literary and historical consideration. Ernest Hemingway never claimed that the book was written as an autobiography, however after close examination of the protagonist and the context alongside his own personal life events in his later years, it is clear that the Colonel in Across the River is a nearly exact copy of the author himself. Hemingway's motivations for writing his autobiography will become clear after analyzing the years and events in his personal life that led up to its creation. He was highly motivated by trauma and health issues that prompted a retrospection of his life and a need to document his memories, specifically of war. The writing of Across the River and into the Trees took on a cathartic purpose for Hemingway and can be seen in hindsight as an honest look at Hemingway's raw emotions and opinions not only about himself, but of the world around him, giving readers knowledge and understanding of him that is not revealed in pervious works. Keywords: Ernest Hemingway, Across the River and into the Trees, catharsis, autobiography, trauma, war, aging, masculinity, health, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, World War I, World War II, veteran, late-life identity
Purge
| Author | : Nicole Johns |
| Publisher | : ReadHowYouWant.com |
| Total Pages | : 302 |
| Release | : 2010-02 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 1458766772 |
Purge is a beautifully crafted memoir that has a Girl, Interrupted feel. In this raw and engaging account of her months in rehab, Nicole Johns documents her stay in a residential treatment facility for eating disorders. Her prose is lucid and vivid, as she seamlessly switches verb tenses and moves through time. She unearths several important themes: body image and sexuality, sexual assault and relationships, and the struggle to piece together one's path in life. While other books about eating disorders and treatment may sugarcoat the harsh realities of living with and recovering from an eating disorder, Purge does not hold back. The author presents an honest, detailed account of her experience with treatment, avoiding the clichd happily-ever-after ending while still offering hope to those who struggle with eating disorders, as well as anyone who has watched a loved one fight to recover from an eating disorder. Purge sends a message: though the road may be rough, ultimately there is hope.
All the Wrong Places: A Life Lost and Found
| Author | : Philip Connors |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 2015-02-16 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 0393246485 |
The prize-winning author of Fire Season returns with the heartrending story of his troubled years before finding solace in the wilderness. In his debut Fire Season, Philip Connors recounted with lyricism, wisdom, and grace his decade as a fire lookout high above remote New Mexico. Now he tells the story of what made solitude on the mountain so attractive: the years he spent reeling in the wake of a family tragedy. At the age of twenty-three, Connors was a young man on the make. He'd left behind the Minnesota pig farm on which he'd grown up and the brother with whom he'd never been especially close. He had a magazine job lined up in New York City and a future unfolding exactly as he’d hoped. Then one phone call out of the blue changed everything. All the Wrong Places is a searingly honest account of the aftermath of his brother's shocking death, exploring both the pathos and the unlikely humor of a life unmoored by loss. Beginning with the otherworldly beauty of a hot-air-balloon ride over the skies of Albuquerque and ending in the wilderness of the American borderlands, this is the story of a man paying tribute to the dead by unconsciously willing himself into all the wrong places, whether at the copy desk of the Wall Street Journal, the gritty streets of Bed-Stuy in the 1990s, or the smoking rubble of the World Trade Center. With ruthless clarity and a keen sense of the absurd, Connors slowly unmasks the truth about his brother and himself, to devastating effect. Like Cheryl Strayed's Wild, this is a powerful look back at wayward years—and a redemptive story about finding one's rightful home in the world.
Catharsis in Healing, Ritual, and Drama
| Author | : Thomas J. Scheff |
| Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
| Total Pages | : 268 |
| Release | : 1979 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 9780520041257 |
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls
| Author | : T Kira Madden |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing USA |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 2019-03-05 |
| Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
| ISBN | : 1635571863 |
“The book I wish I'd had growing up.” -Chanel Miller, author of Know My Name Best Books of 2019: Esquire O, The Oprah Magazine Variety Lit Hub Book Riot Electric Literature Autostraddle Finalist: NBCC John Leonard First Book Prize Lambda Literary Award New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice Selection Paste Best Memoirs of the Decade Elle Best Books of the Season Washington Post Best Books of the Month Indie Next Pick Indies Introduce Pick "A fearless debut." -New York Times "[A] gorgeous reckoning." -Washington Post "Flat out breathtaking." -Lit Hub "Gripping and gloriously written." -Elle "Utterly unforgettable." -NYLON "Unnervingly satisfying." -Oprah Magazine "Deeply compassionate." -NPR.org "Truly stunning." -Cosmopolitan Acclaimed literary essayist T Kira Madden's raw and redemptive debut memoir is about coming of age and reckoning with desire as a queer, biracial teenager amidst the fierce contradictions of Boca Raton, Florida, a place where she found cult-like privilege, shocking racial disparities, rampant white-collar crime, and powerfully destructive standards of beauty hiding in plain sight. As a child, Madden lived a life of extravagance, from her exclusive private school to her equestrian trophies and designer shoe-brand name. But under the surface was a wild instability. The only child of parents continually battling drug and alcohol addictions, Madden confronted her environment alone. Facing a culture of assault and objectification, she found lifelines in the desperately loving friendships of fatherless girls. With unflinching honesty and lyrical prose, spanning from 1960s Hawai'i to the present-day struggle of a young woman mourning the loss of a father while unearthing truths that reframe her reality, Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls is equal parts eulogy and love letter. It's a story about trauma and forgiveness, about families of blood and affinity, both lost and found, unmade and rebuilt, crooked and beautiful. One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year: Entertainment Weekly, Huffington Post, BuzzFeed, The Millions, Nylon, The Rumpus, Electric Literature, Lit Hub, Refinery29, and many more
Catharsis: An Anthology
| Author | : Hridith Sudev |
| Publisher | : TinkerBird Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 125 |
| Release | : 2018-05-16 |
| Genre | : Poetry |
| ISBN | : 1986688267 |
Driven by passion, inspired by lust, engulfed in guilt and lost in bliss; Catharsis, the maiden work of Instagram poet, Hridith Sudev is a collection of 4 years' worth of work. Praise For Catharsis: "Catharsis strikes to me as a modern masterpiece in poetry. The book was a literal rollercoaster, as I sped from one idea to another, spell-bound by the intricate webs of stories the poet has woven with such short words. "- The Telescopian “An insightful collection of emotions that makes you rethink about poetry in today's society.”- Tamoghna Dey; Author of Anchored Astronauts Beauty of the finest magnitude. A moving read.”-Fahad Al Abri; Athlete, Influencer “An Alchemy of Music and Magic through irresistable words.” - Fathima Hakkim, Artist, Influencer, Speaker
