To Hide the Truth
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| Rating | : | 4.19 (879 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0976779382 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 180 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-05 |
| Language | : | English |
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To HIde The Truth Lorraine M Harris, Author This is a must read memoir. The book is unique in that the reader experiences domestic abuse seen through the eyes of a child. Despite the constant fear of her alcoholic father and his abuse, the reader is captivated by the little girl's ability to find love, joy and hope. As the story evolves and the child becomes an adult, the reader is amazed at how she does not allow t. Just the plain truth Amazon Customer I didn't realize that the author and I share much more of a common background than I realized, until I read her book. Although we went to high school together, I didn't know that our fathers actually went fishing together, and her father - a barber - cut my hair. I never met her until high school, but our lives were intertwined long before that. And having now read her boo
TO HIDE THE TRUTH is a true story of the disturbing relationship between a daughter and her father. It speaks the truth of an era when family abuse and alcoholism were subjects of taboo, revealing a culture that accepted violence as a way of life. Within the walls of the tiny house, the mother suffers not only physically, but emotionally, spiraling downward into a vacant space of self-worth.The daughter becomes desensitized to the depths of nightly terror. Unable to cope with her mother's insecurities, Susan avoids facing her own problems. The cycle continues as Susan reaches adulthood. A huge resentment festers as her father pretends her childhood was full of love and happiness. Susan forgives her father and herself, realizing that hatred colors the soul and her life is her own.. In the summer of 1958, nine-year old Susan becomes her mother's protector in a role reversal necessitated for survival. At the end of his life, her father reveals his traumatic and destructive childhood; shedding some light into his emotional being as an a