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The incest diary

2018
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Throughout her childhood and adolescence, the anonymous author of 'The Incest Diary' was raped by her father. Beneath a veneer of normal family life, she grew up in and around this all-encompassing secret. Her sexual relationship with her father lasted, off and on, into her 20s. It formed her world, and it formed her deepest fears and desires. Even after she broke away - even as she grew into an independent and adventurous young woman - she continued to seek out new versions of the violence, submission and secrecy she had struggled to leave behind. In this graphic and harrowing memoir, the author revisits her early traumas and their aftermath to explore the ways in which her father's abuse shaped her, and still does.
Main title:
Imprint:
London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2018.
Collation:
132 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2017.
ISBN:
9781408890424 (pbk. :)
Language:
English
BRN:
2522125
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