All Happy Families

A Memoir

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A prominent French writer delves into his own history in this eloquent reflection on dysfunctional family relationships. Hervé Le Tellier did not consider himself to have been an unhappy child--he was not deprived, or beaten, or abused. And yet he understood from a young age that something was wrong, and longed to leave. Children sometimes have only the option of escaping, and owe to that escape their even greater love of life.Having reached a certain emotional distance at sixty years old, and with his father and stepfather dead and his mother suffering from late-stage Alzheimer's disease, Le Tellier finally felt able to write the story of his family. Abandoned early by his father and raised in part by his grandparents, he was profoundly affected by his relationship with his mother, a troubled woman with damaging views on love. In this perceptive, deeply personal account, Le Tellier attempts to look back on trying times in his life without anger or regret, and even with humor.
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Herve Le Tellier, Adriana Hunter
Titel
All Happy Families
Uitgever
Other Press LLC
Jaar
2019
Taal
Engels
Pagina's
224
Gewicht
204 gr
EAN
9781590519370
Afmetingen
203 x 133 x 13 mm
Bindwijze
Paperback

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