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Chargement... All We Knew But Couldn't Saypar Joanne Vannicola
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Finalist for the 2020 Kobo Emerging Writer Prize in Nonfiction Joanne Vannicola grew up in a violent home with a physically abusive father and a mother who had no sexual boundaries. After being pressured to leave home at fourteen, and after fifteen years of estrangement, Joanne learns that her mother is dying. Compelled to reconnect, she visits with her, unearthing a trove of devastating secrets. Joanne relates her journey from child performer to Emmy Award-winning actor, from hiding in the closet to embracing her own sexuality, from conflicted daughter and sibling to independent woman. All We Knew But Couldn't Say is a testament to survival, love, and the belief that it is possible to love the broken, and to love fully, even with a broken heart. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Joanne's memoir is something else. It's beautifully written, the prose quite strong, but it is harrowing. Her story involves heavy amounts of child abuse, as Joanne and her sisters were physically abused by their horrifically violent father, and Joanne herself was sexually abused by her mother, who was obsessed with her and her childhood acting career. Her parents are despicable and Joanne is far, far more kind to them than I would be. She's an admirable woman.
Though I felt the later chapters were a bit weaker - the book is strongest when it's about Joanne's personal feelings and struggles. I would have liked for her to go into more detail about her healing but overall, what a beautiful and heartwrenching memoir. ( )