Raised by Wolves, Possibly Monsters: From Mobster to Reiki Master - Couverture souple

Swerdloff, Michael

Couverture souple

ISBN 13 : 9798218487799

Editeur : Mystical Michael Publishing, 2024

Synopsis

"Raw, compassionate, and perceptive, Michael Swerdloff's memoir RAISED BY WOLVES, POSSIBLY MONSTERS is a vital excavation of toxic masculinity's rot-and an urgent call for individual and cultural transformation." ~Edward Sung for IndieReader

This is a story about a boy who wanted to be kind and loving but was raised by wolves and monsters who taught him to choose violence and aggression. As the boy grew to be a man, he wanted to be a protector of women but ended up being what girls and women needed protection from. As a young adult, he saw women as his to take. He lied, cheated, and scammed his way through life until he couldn’t.

This is his moving account of discovering healthy masculinity from the inside out. His journey has, at times, been sensational, at others, unbelievable, but for many readers, absolutely inspiring. Will the hungry wolves outlast the desire to be loving and beautiful? Can men truly change? What role can men play in making the world safe for women?

We lose so many men. Not everyone finds their way to the other side. Yet there is hope in witnessing the depth and commitment of a person willing to try to be better without knowing exactly how. This memoir captures one man’s struggle to transcend his past and imagine an entirely new future for himself premised on compassion, care, and advocacy.

This is a story about hope. We do not have to be what they did to us, but it's our responsibility to do something about it. I wish for you to experience feeling loved, accepted, respected, and connected and to live a life of being the person you always knew you could be.

A portion of the proceeds from this book are going to RAINN (Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network) and The Good Men Project.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

Michael Swerdloff has been a Counselor, Coach, Social Worker, Community Organizer, Educator, Writer, DJ, and Reiki Master for more than years. He laughs often, hugs deeply, and practices meditation, Reiki, yoga, and dance daily. Michael facilitates retreats in New England and globally. He lives by the water in Rhode Island, which is not an island.

Jane Gerhard has a PhD in American Studies from Brown University. She is the author of Desiring Revolution: Second Wave Feminism and the Rewriting of American Sexual Thought, 1920-1982 (2001) and The Dinner Party: Judy Chicago and the Power of Popular Feminism, 1970-2007 (2013). She is a co-author of Women and the Making of America with Mari Jo Buhle and Teresa Murphy (2008) and Citizen Woman with Dan Tucker (2020). She is currently a full- time writer living in Providence, RI.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mystical Michael Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 13: 9798218487799
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Éditeur: Gerhard Jane
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible