A young girl describes her mom's new friend as just like the big bad wolf. She see the wolf is sweet and kind to her mom, though she also notices the A young girl describes her mom's new friend as just like the big bad wolf. She see the wolf is sweet and kind to her mom, though she also notices the wolf's cold eyes from the beginning. When her mom arrives home late one day, the wolf suddenly hurls angry words and terrible names at her. From that day on her mother doesn't smile anymore, and the abuse becomes both emotional and physical. The situation quickly degenerates into terrifying unpredictability, and she and her mom leave for a safe house. A masterfully crafted, exceptionally powerful story of domestic abuse. Translated from French by Shelley Tanaka....more
An engaging, nuanced memoir about growing up in Owsley County, Kentucky, leaving, and coming back. Chambers warmly tells the stories of the women in hAn engaging, nuanced memoir about growing up in Owsley County, Kentucky, leaving, and coming back. Chambers warmly tells the stories of the women in her life who nurtured and inspired her. ...more
Fights are physical, emotional, and psychological in this emotionally visceral coming-of-age memoir exploring such issues as bullying, masculinity, faFights are physical, emotional, and psychological in this emotionally visceral coming-of-age memoir exploring such issues as bullying, masculinity, family, friendship, race and racism, and violence with raw honesty and humor....more
An extraordinary, emotionally visceral, searingly evocative, richly nuanced portrait of domestic abuse from a child's point of view that astutely depiAn extraordinary, emotionally visceral, searingly evocative, richly nuanced portrait of domestic abuse from a child's point of view that astutely depicts complex family dynamics. Originally published in Norway....more
In this emotionally visceral, brutally honest memoir, Rex Ogle tells the story of his first semester in sixth grade. He and his baby brother often wenIn this emotionally visceral, brutally honest memoir, Rex Ogle tells the story of his first semester in sixth grade. He and his baby brother often went hungry, wore secondhand clothes, and were short of school supplies. His mother is cruel and abusive, and his stepfather violently abusive to his mother. Humiliated, Rex is desperate to keep secret from his schoolmates that he is on the free lunch program and living in government subsidized housing. A harsh, painfully realistic look at poverty through the eyes of a child with some welcome reprieves of compassion and optimism. A exceptionally crafted story worthy of a wide audience. ...more
In this graphic memoir packed with emotional power, Dandro recounts from a child’s-eye view his growing up with a drug-addicted birth father, alcoholiIn this graphic memoir packed with emotional power, Dandro recounts from a child’s-eye view his growing up with a drug-addicted birth father, alcoholic step-dad, and overwhelmed mother. As a kid, Dandro escaped everyday tensions with flights of fancy, and found refuge in toys and animals and insects rather than in the unpredictable adults around him. As Travis matures into young adulthood and comes to understand the forces shaping his father’s toxic behaviors, the story becomes more nuanced. ...more
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