Chasing Eden A Memoir - Couverture souple

Clough, Cherilyn Christen

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0578568942 ISBN 13 : 9780578568942

Editeur : Table Rock Press, 2019

Synopsis

All Cherilyn wants is her parents’ love and a chance to go to school.
Instead, she is raised in isolation by parents who believe God requires separation from the world, shaping a childhood marked by religious control, family dysfunction, and survival.

As her family moves from town to town throughout the Pacific Northwest, running from bill collectors and sinking deeper into poverty, their situation deteriorates until they are homeless. Cut off from education, friendships, and stability, Cherilyn grows up navigating physical abuse, emotional neglect, and a belief system that keeps her trapped.

Chasing Eden is a religious trauma memoir and childhood abuse survival story—an intimate coming-of-age account of resilience, self-discovery, and learning how to survive narcissistic parental control in a world that offers no safe home.

For readers of Educated and The Glass Castle.

What Amazon readers are saying about Chasing Eden:

"As someone who is obsessed with memoir, I can say this one stands with the best. Readers will see similarities to the fathers in Educated and The Glass Castle, but this in no way makes Cherilyn's story predictable. I was glued to my seat, fingernails dug in, going from tears of frustration to gasps of shock to being so angry that I wanted to throw my iPad across the room. However and delightfully so, there were also enough laughs and beautiful moments to get me through the saga of neglect and abuse."

"Emotional, witty, heart-wrenching, engaging."

"The author is a master storyteller. You will not be disappointed!"

"Such graphic word pictures that I couldn't put the book down."

"This is a book about the power of hope. While trapped in its pages, I laughed, cried, and dreamt too."

"This is a gripping, heart-wrenching, actual-factual, living nightmare!"

"I feel personally richer and more resilient for having read it."

"As a literary scholar, I was compelled by the fine tensions and suspense Clough builds in her memoir."

"This one spoke to my soul. Beyond words, reading this book changes you."

"As a trauma therapist, I will be recommending this book to my clients."

"Chasing Eden is the poignant story of a young girl's search for unconditional love and acceptance in a bewildering world full of contradictions."

"For readers who've appreciated the introspection of Educated, Clough adds another voice to understanding the way in which extremist beliefs are lived out in family life."

"I feel a measure of healing and freedom after reading, I feel like I have been gifted something precious."

"I just kept thinking, 'How will she get out of this?!' This is a story of courage and triumph!"

"A fresh, excellent memoir full of hope and grace, anguish and loss. I couldn't put it down."

"Chasing Eden is a coming of age story about the triumph of resilience over fear. About finding your voice and speaking your truth, despite the potentially eternal consequences of doing so."

Read this TRUE STORY for yourself to discover how Cherilyn finds her way to freedom!

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Table Rock Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0578568942
• ISBN 13: 9780578568942
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 439
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Printed by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg