Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You
Sue William Silverman
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Description for Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You
Paperback. From age four to 18, Sue William Silverman was sexually abused by her father, a high-ranking government official. This is an often graphic memoir of those years which recounts how Silverman's mother ignored her distress, thus conspiring in an attempt to keep the situation unreported and undetected. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGA; JFFE1; JFFE2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
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.
Product Details
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Georgia, United States
ISBN
9780820321752
SKU
V9780820321752
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1
About Sue William Silverman
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 ... Read more
Reviews for Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You
With great courage and startling compassion, Silverman tells [her] story. . . . Harrowing in its depiction of savage violation and profoundly moving in its portrait of a child's fear, confusion, and desperate search for a safe place. This harrowing memoir gives voice to the inarticulate terror Silverman suffered as a child, when she could never find the right words ... Read more