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A memoir, wilson chronicles the destructive influence of socalled reparative therapy on her family in the 1950s and 60s, what was, in effect, an attempt to use the mental health system to fix her lesbian mom and normalize her. I read this book with a great deal of interest, as its material covers many of the fields i teach. Riding fury home chana wilson seal press riding fury home is an engrossing and inspiring memoir about a troubled motherdaughter relationship that is salvaged, deepened and energized by the pairs synchronous coming out as lesbians and espousal of radical feminist values. Memoir, 20thcentury american literature, and gay and lesbian studies. Riding fury home a memoir by chana wilson seal press. Zailckas talks through the process of writing about her anger and rage and how it affected her personal relationships. Her memoir, riding fury home, tells the story of the powerful, complicated bond between her mother and herself. Press and sparkpress, please visit our sites where you can download our catalogues. In 1958, when chana wilson was seven, her mother attempted suicide, holding a rifle to her. As the book proceeds, it becomes increasingly clear how unorthodox this memoir is. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Chana wilson is an awardwinning author, storyteller, and former radio host.
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In 1958, when chana wilson was seven, her mother attempted suicide, holding a rifle to her own head and pulling the trigger. From the intolerance of the 50s to the exhilaration of the womens movement of. On her return, chana became the caretaker of her heavily medicated, suicidal mother. Instead of relating defining events from the authors life in order to articulate an aspect of her mature self, the events serve to elucidate the differences between the lives of author and.
His arcadian mother raised him, believing he would be her precious aristos son he was to be her furious revenge against the kattagaria who had brutalized her and her clan. From the intolerance of the 50s to the exhilaration of the womens movement of the. Wilsons personal story begins in 1958 and spans forty years. Spanning the breadth of her parents tumultuous relationship and ending with the aftermath of her mothers death, author, therapist, and drumbeater chana wilson s memoir, riding fury home seal press, relates her ownand her mother, gloriasintertwined stories of sexism, homophobia, and liberation.
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From the intolerance of the 50s to the exhilaration of the women s movement of the 70s. Growing up in the 50s amidst trying circumstances, chana becomes the parentified only child to an emotionally wrought, tortured mother, gloria, who is frequently hospitalized and undergoes electro shock treatment for chronic depression. It seems unusual to know someone professionally and then read about their life in great. President donald trump, the staff of his 2016 presidential campaign, and the white house staff. A memoir chana wilson s astonishing story is a hybrid of nightmare and fairy tale in which every childs worst fears and fondest hopes about their mother come true. Healings double threads bind an 1858 mississippi slave plantation to the arrival in 1933 of a mute child on the doorstep of gran gran, an ancient woman still living on that plantation property. Riding fury home spans forty years of the intense, complex relationship between chana and her motherthe trauma of their early years together, the transformation and joy they found when they both came out in the 1970s, and the deep bond that grew between them. Buy the book riding fury home a memoir by chana wilson. Chana wilson explores the relationship between the author and her mother, who spent time in a mental institution after attempting to commit suicide in 1958 as a result of the mental anguish over a love affair.
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April 3, 2012 in her debut memoir, wilson portrays our cultures intolerance of homosexuality through a motherdaughter story of dysfunction, loss and empowerment. A memoir, 2012, 377 pages, chana wilson, 1580054323, 9781580054324, seal prfeminist, 2012. It would be many years before she learned the secret of her mothers. Riding fury home is a beautiful and very human story of vast themes.
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