The Girls Are Back! - Softcover

Brenneis, Ms. Donna Ruth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0615841953 ISBN 13: 9780615841953

Verlag: Thaga's Tree, 2013

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A bittersweet, authentic and funny account of an aging woman who is emotionally stunned by the photographic re-appearance (on Facebook) of her biological ancestors after thirty-eight years. The author writes, "My friend... has ancestors who came in on Ireland's wind and rain. Mine bolted through time like desert lightning that splits the sky during a thunderstorm....” As she begins to engage in a blogging frenzy about her ancestors who concealed traumatic consequences of a family child molester for more than fifty years, the woman reveals a floodgate of contradictory memories by describing her large, dysfunctional tribe and heartfelt experiences. In doing so, she opens another door for future generations who may be facing, or have faced, the crumbling of trust and betrayals that splinter the spirit and cripple the senses. The author's intimate blog, accompanying the newly-acquired old photos, attracts cousins she has not heard from in more than three decades; some acknowledge a healing process while others are guarded or show little interest, initially. One cousin responds, in part, “Denial is such a strange mechanism...what the mind does not retain, the body does. How many sicknesses would disappear if our minds let us see?...I know denial is a survivor's friend for those years that it is absolutely necessary to keep living, but later it turns on a person to become a killer." Encouraged and determined to understand family secrets, she meets Shaman Owl Snake who bridges the woman's personal journey by encouraging her to “Remember to Re-Member” her ancestors with an open heart. "Remember” refers to memories while “to re-member” represents the fragmented pieces that splinter off from our spirits when we are hurt or traumatized. When re-membering, we reconnect the fragmentation into a healthy whole again as though returning puzzle pieces to their rightful place. This is story-telling at its most compelling filled with denial and love, grace and joy, ignorance and deceit, tenacity and sheer guts that will speak to millions of people around the world, particularly those who have experienced child molestation: a worldwide issue that continues to require the compassion of critical thinking and open-minded discussions.

Biografía del autor:

While reviewing the messes and contradictions we encounter unexpectedly, a friend asked, “Is there a reason for anything?” How profound. The friend’s query lingered, but went unanswered as hope and faith influence a belief there is an explanation for events. While grasping any meaning can be elusive, I did become a part of my own stories – without intention. History changed personal reality – more than once – so I write about women in crisis, hoping the narratives will help. During the 1970s, I returned to college, graduating from University of California, Irvine with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature; briefly attended law school and worked on a Master’s in Adult Education at San Francisco State. When at UCI, my poetry was accepted in its English and Spanish publications. I am a co-author of the TRUTH is on the WALLS (Biography 2011), published by david philip, an imprint of New Africa Books, Cape Town, South Africa; author of THE GIRLS ARE BACK (Memoir 2013, currently under revision) and ELEPHANT TEARDROPS: the unforeseen passage into homelessness (Autobiography 2017), Thaga’s Tree Books. I also have completed a small collection of poetry, entitled Heart Drops (2013), a couple of online book reviews and articles. I live in Central California and am the mother of two daughters; one granddaughter attends an out-of-state university, my grandson has autism. Travels include Baja, Botswana, Canada, England, France, India, Manila, Mexico, Nicaragua, South Africa and the United States. I arrived in Oxford, England when the present felt suffocating due to the island country’s distant past. Standing in Monet’s Garden, northern France, I recalled parts my entire family played in World War II history. The pilgrimage to India was mesmerizing; nothing prepared me for the land of Gandhi, Sarojini Naidu, Nehru and Jinnah (the father of Pakistan). I flew to Nicaragua in 1984, prior to the first democratic election in fifty years. As a guest of the Sandinista Cultural Workers Association, I arrived at a time the U.S. planned to bomb Managua. We prepared for attack. In 1988, I stayed illegally in a South African township during the apartheid regime, returning for a book launch in 2011. America remains my Garden of Possibility, filled with wonderful people who go without recognition.

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• Verlag: Thaga's Tree
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0615841953
• ISBN 13: 9780615841953
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 144