Self Abuse: Love, Loss and Fatherhood - Couverture souple

Self, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0743476190 ISBN 13 : 9780743476195

Editeur : Washington Square Press, 2005

Synopsis

Self Abuse With the suspense and subtlety of a master storyteller, Self takes readers on his journey from abused child to enlightened parent. It is a masterpiece of home and redemption by a remarkable writer.

A propos du livre

Revue de presse :

"This life is funny, appalling, and dark."
-- Stephen Blanchard, Time Out (London)

"An honest heartbreaker of a book that should be compulsory reading for anyone who brings a child into the world."
-- Tony Parsons

"Jonathan Self's compulsive, beautifully written memoir [is] all the more powerful for its sparse, bleak honesty...once you start reading you cannot stop."
-- The London Times

"...violently funny. A treat for those who think their folks were a handful."
-- Bruce Jay Friedman, author of Even the Rhinos Were Nymphos

"A harrowing, hilarious, headlong book. Mr. Self writes at all times as if he were launching himself off a cliff. By ruthlessly exposing his own failings he paints a wrenching and unforgettable picture of the terrible predicaments all modern fathers face."
-- Tony Hendra, author of Father Joe: The Man Who Saved My Soul

Présentation de l'éditeur :

From the age of three Jonathan Self had only one ambition: not to be like his father. Despite his determination to be a better man -- and a better parent than his own had been -- Jonathan was a twice-divorced father of three and, at age thirty-five, spiraling. Self Abuse is the story of Jonathan's efforts to break free from the cycle of despair and dysfunction that characterized his youth. A brilliantly rendered, unapologetic memoir about the pain and joy of parenthood, Jonathan's story is as heartbreaking, redemptive, and unforgettable as it is true.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Washington Square Press
• Date d'édition: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0743476190
• ISBN 13: 9780743476195
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 256