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Ladataan... An Abbreviated Life: A Memoir (vuoden 2017 painos)Tekijä: Ariel Leve (Tekijä)
TeostiedotAn Abbreviated Life: A Memoir (tekijä: Ariel Leve)
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. This is an account of the author's childhood with an immature, self-absorbed, narcissistic, and abusive mother. What makes this memoir different from others of its ilk are (1) that her childhood and adolescence occurred in the upper east side of NYC, one of the most affluent areas in the U.S., and (2) that her mother was a rather well-known poet and early feminist. The author grew up in a rarefied atmosphere, with such people as Andy Warhol regularly attending her mother's frequent parties. While this memoir is compelling (often even mesmerizing) to read, it's simultaneously deeply upsetting and frustrating. The author's mother no doubt had serious psychological problems, and it is terribly sad to see how the author, as a young girl, was forced to endure the fallout of her mother's craziness and self-absorption. On the other hand ... some of the abuse that the author describes honestly wasn't as bad as what so many other children have suffered. The author did grow up enjoying many privileges, including private school. She had a father who loved her, although he lived in southeast Asia, and for some reason did not do whatever it took to move himself back to NY, so that he could be part of his daughter's daily life. She had a nanny who took reasonably good care of her, and other adults who obviously cared about her welfare. The author's tendency to endlessly perseverate about her abusive childhood, and her inexplicable inability to draw clear boundaries with her mother as an adult are very frustrating. The author sees herself as forever damaged and goes to great lengths to convince her readers of that. Many children have overcome worse (read "The Sound of Gravel" by Ruth Wariner for an inspiring example), and have demonstrated their resilience and their ability to transcend. "Don't be a victim," the author's mother once said to her; that was a rare instance of her mother providing good advice, and Ms. Leve would have done well to heed it. Enough with the navel-gazing, Ms. Leve, time to move on. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
A beautiful, startling, and candid memoir about growing up without boundaries, in which Ariel Leve recalls with candor and sensitivity the turbulent time she endured as the only child of an unstable poet for a mother and a beloved but largely absent father, and explores the consequences of a psychologically harrowing childhood as she seeks refuge from the past and recovers what was lost. Ariel Leve grew up in Manhattan with an eccentric mother she describes as "a poet, an artist, a self-appointed troublemaker and attention seeker." Leve learned to become her own parent, taking care of herself and her mother's needs. There would be uncontrolled, impulsive rages followed with denial, disavowed responsibility, and then extreme outpourings of affection. How does a child learn to feel safe in this topsy-turvy world of conditional love? Leve captures the chaos and lasting impact of a child's life under siege and explores how the coping mechanisms she developed to survive later incapacitated her as an adult. There were material comforts, but no emotional safety, except for summer visits to her father's home in South East Asia--an escape that was terminated after he attempted to gain custody. Following the death of a loving caretaker, a succession of replacements raised Leve--relationships which resulted in intense attachment and loss. It was not until decades later, when Leve moved to other side of the world, that she could begin to emancipate herself from the past. In a relationship with a man who has children, caring for them yields clarity of what was missing. In telling her haunting story, Leve seeks to understand the effects of chronic psychological maltreatment on a child's developing brain, and to discover how to build a life for herself that she never dreamed possible: An unabbreviated life. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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