Sane Enough: Recovery from a Mother's Sexual Abuse
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (712 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0986388319 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-10-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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Some moments will sear their ways into the consciousness. Sane Enough is the unflinching account of one woman’s struggle to grow into herself… Is she lesbian?Does she really want love?Why does sex always feel so wrong?“Day’s story involves a host of complicated figures: therapists whose inattention and impropriety bleed into abuse territory; sexual partners who are both frustrated and manipulative; and dark members of her family. Day draws from diaries and old letters to flesh out these characters, and
Michele Elliott, Order of the British Empire, Winston Churchill Fellow"Linda opens our minds and hearts in this beautifully written memoir emotionally riveting truth." -Roberta Dolan, author of Say It Out Loud: Revealing and Healing the Scars of Sexual Abuse"A wonderful book, beautifully written and very moving." -Sheri Oz, author of Overcoming Childhood Sexual Trauma"Searing, inspiring, courageous, illuminating"-Dr. Caitilin Stetson, psychologist"Today was the first day ever that I was able to say my truth out loud in therapy I am so thankful for you and that you helped me exhale my truth so that I could continue to breathe. WINNER, Foreword Reviews INDIEFAB Book of the Year AwardsNarrowed down from nearly 2,000 entries by a panel of librarians and booksellers, along with Foreword Reviews' editorial staff, the winners in 66 categories are considered the year's best books published by independent publishers, university presses, and self-published authors. "A challenging, insightful, and rare work Day's writing is self-aware, her prose elegant, and her familiarity with the nuances of the subject apparent Moments will sear their way into your consciousness." -Forward Reviews, 5 s
Michele Elliott, who wrote the Foreword to this book, is an American psychologist who has lived in both the USA and Great Britain. . With honors in chemistry (summa cum laude) and art (magna cum laude), she has worked in biomedical research, for IBM as a systems engineer, sales rep and manager, and for two years as a freelance carpenter, her introduction to the freelancing life. She lives in
Quin McWhirter said A Compelling Acount of an Unthinkable Kind of Sexual Abuse. The very idea of experiencing lifelong abuse by a parent, a loved one, a mentor and nourisher - is almost unthinkable. The magnetism of Linda Day's descriptive writing placed me into each challenging situation she faced as though I was there. As the reality of what was happening to her began to be clear to me, it was difficult at first to believe this would happen to a loved child, especially by a mother.As she relived her experience through her writing, I began to see the effect of the abuse she was routinely "awarded" as much more than just the relationship with her mother, but the way it conditioned her for the other relationship. "A Must-Read Story of a Woman's Life-Long Struggle to Recover from Sexual Abuse" according to Marilyn Kircus. This book should be required reading for all of us, and especially for those who have been abused and for therapists. This topic is so taboo that survivors often cannot find a therapist that will even acknowledge that the abuse happened. I think this book will educate us all and let other abuse survivors know that they are not alone. And for some, it may help them find the key to their own emotional and behavorial problems.This book sucked me in from the first pages. It is a story of a beautiful, brilliant, artistic and musical woman who can only see herself through the filter of her mother who called her ugly and dirty and who sexu. A most intriguing book P. A. Lawless Linda Day was a brief contemporary of mine at Rice University (which she remembers as Rice Institute). It was a long time ago. She takes us through the rest of her life since then on a most convoluted journey of self and identity. But her writing is crisp, and her struggles are indeed remarkable, so the book is hard to put down. She crafts her story as a mystery, because she has been learning about herself since starting writing about seventeen years ago.I hope she has a life that is satisfying to her at last that can make up for some of what she has gone through.