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The Queen of Peace room / Magie Dominic.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Dominic, Magie, 1944-
- Series:
- Life writing series.
- Life writing series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dominic, Magie, 1944-.
- Dominic, Magie.
- Adult child sexual abuse victims--Biography.
- Adult child sexual abuse victims.
- Women--Violence against--Case studies.
- Women.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (129 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Waterloo, Ont. : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- What is memory, and where is it stored in the body? Can a room be symbolic of a lifetime? Memories are like layers of your skin or layers of paint on a canvas. In The Queen of Peace Room, Magie Dominic peels away these layers as she explores her life, that of a Newfoundlander turned New Yorker, an artist and a writer - and frees herself from the memories of her violent past. On an eight-day retreat with Catholic nuns in a remote location safe from the outside world, she exposes, and captures, fifty years of violent memories and weaves them into a tapestry of unforg
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Liturgy of the Hours; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Epilogue; Works Cited; Afterword; Selected Texts of Related Interest(Canadian emphasis)
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 9786610925704
- 9781554586691
- 1554586690
- 9781280925702
- 1280925701
- 9780889208339
- 0889208336
- OCLC:
- 753479485
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