| Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You Contributor(s): Silverman, Sue William (Author) |
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ISBN: 0820321753 ISBN-13: 9780820321752 Publisher: University of Georgia Press OUR PRICE: $22.46 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 1999 Annotation: Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You destroys our complacency about who among us can commit unspeakable atrocities, who is subjected to them, and who can stop them. From age four to eighteen, Sue William Silverman was repeatedly sexually abused by her father, an influential government official and successful banker. Through her eyes, we see an outwardly normal family built on a foundation of horrifying secrets that long went unreported, undetected, and unconfessed. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Women - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Family & Relationships | Abuse - General |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 96013706 |
| Series: Association of Writers and Writing Programs Award for Creati |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.5" W x 8.4" (0.75 lbs) 288 pages |
| Themes: - Sex & Gender - Feminine - Topical - Family |
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| Publisher Description: Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You destroys our complacency about who among us can commit unspeakable atrocities, who is subjected to them, and who can stop them. From age four to eighteen, Sue William Silverman was repeatedly sexually abused by her father, an influential government official and successful banker. Through her eyes, we see an outwardly normal family built on a foundation of horrifying secrets that long went unreported, undetected, and unconfessed. |
Contributor Bio(s): Silverman, Sue William: - SUE WILLIAM SILVERMAN is a faculty advisor at the Vermont College of Fine Arts and the associate editor of the journal Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction. Her first book, Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You (Georgia), received the AWP Award in Creative Nonfiction. She is also the author of Love Sick: One Woman's Journey through Sexual Addiction (made into a Lifetime TV movie) and Hieroglyphics in Neon, a collection of poems. |