Description: *Starred Review* What is a child to do when the parent whoâÂÂs the centre of her universe becomes desperately ill. ThatâÂÂs the wrenching reality Flynn faces when she learns that her mother is a paranoid schizophrenic. The words were âÂÂlong and strange and frankly, ugly,â writes Flynn, who was 10 at the time her father gave her motherâÂÂs frazzled frame of mind a name. âÂÂâ For years, Flynn and her two sisters, one older, one younger, played along as characters in their motherâÂÂs fantasy world. But when her seemingly innocuous antics (forbidding certain foods and making lists of good and evil things) turned violent, the girlsâ father filed for divorce, then custody. FlynnâÂÂs haunting memoir vividly recaptures the San Francisco of the 1970s, an emotionally fraught era in which quirky behaviours were more likely to be sanctioned than scorned. FlynnâÂÂs ability to render the perspective of a child elevates this memoir from ordinary to extraordinary. From the start, readers see inside her impressionable young mind as she lives from one breathless moment to the next, grappling with scenarios that would level the most well-adjusted adults. --Allison Block --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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EAN: 9781582434612
UPC: 9781582434612
ISBN: 9781582434612
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Item Length: 20.8 cm
Book Title: Swallow the Ocean: a Memoir
Item Height: 209mm
Item Width: 139mm
Author: Laura Flynn
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Topic: Autobiography: General
Publisher: Counterpoint
Publication Year: 2009
Genre: Biographies & True Stories
Item Weight: 371g
Number of Pages: 288 Pages
