Shadow girl : a memoir of attachment / Deb Abramson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Abramson, Deb, 1968-

Series:

Sightline books.

Sightline books

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Adolescence.

Bulimia--Patients--United States--Biography.

Bulimia.

Jewish families--United States--Biography.

Jewish families.

Teenage girls--United States--Biography.

Teenage girls.

Abramson, Deb, 1968---Family.

Abramson, Deb.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (193 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In this psychological portrait of a devout Jewish family bound together by the uneasy permutations of love, Deb Abramson relies not on sensationalist narrative but on a collection of the many small moments that glitter along the bumpy path of her life. As the good little girl in an unhappy family who hid her darker troubles, Abramson felt like she was living with another girl, a shadowy being who would neither leave nor make herself known. Her struggle to extricate herself from the ""impermeable, immutable knot"" of her family forms the heart of her dazzling book.

Contents:

Acknowledgments; Proof: A Preface; Swallow; Family Tree; Secret Body; Escher's Hands; In Place; My Brother's Room; Where My Heart Lies; Emergency 51; Sanctuary; The Rules of the Game; Ring Fingers; Triangles; Story Time; Shadow Girl; Golden Sparrow; Fade; Ants; Unspoken; Compare/Contrast; Decorating Tips; No Man's Land; Shreds; Eclipse; Interlude; The Narrowest Path; First Snow; Splinter; In Which Our Heroine Shares SomethingImportant about Life; Epilogue

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

1-58729-418-4

OCLC:

56109570