On her return, chana became the caretaker of her heavily medicated, suicidal mother. 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. In 1958, when chana wilson was seven, her mother attempted suicide, holding a. In 1958, when chana wilson was seven, her mother attempted suicide, holding a rifle to her own head and pulling the trigger. Read riding fury home a memoir by chana wilson available from rakuten kobo. Interview with chana wilson, author of riding fury home. At age seven her mother put a gun to her head and pulled the trigger. From the intolerance of the 50s to the exhilaration of the womens movement of the.
A powerful motherdaughter memoir, contrasting the heart breaking, soul. In 1958, when chana wilson was seven, her mother attempted suicide, holding a rifle to her. A memoir chana wilson seal press, berkeley, 2012 it seems unusual to know someone professionally and then read about their life in great detail. Schedule onair schedule downloadable pdf programs az. In this gutwrenchingly honest memoir, wilson begins with her mothers attempt at suicide while wilson. Wilson tells her stories in a powerful way that brings the universal home. This site was designed with the wix website builder. 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.
The book reads more like a novel as wilson tells us about growing up as parentified child with a mother who was suffering, often suicidal, and a father who coped the best he knew how. The opening lines of chana wilson s book illuminate the intimate, complex and soulsucking relationship that she and her mother have throughout their. But incredibly wellwritten simultaneous motherdaughter coming out stories are very rare and kind of awesome. Riding fury home by chana wilson overdrive rakuten. Riding fury home by chana wilson seal press paperback, 9781580054324, 384 pp. It would be many years before she learned the secret of her mothers. Wilson s memoir explores her complex relationship with her mother, first as a child growing up in the shadow of a parents mental illness and later coming out and finding common ground with her as an adult. Riding fury home ebook by chana wilson rakuten kobo. From the intolerance of the 50s to the exhilaration of the womens movement of. Riding fury home is a beautiful and very human story of vast themes. 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.
Riding fury home a memoir by chana wilson seal press. Thanks to chana wilson s memoir, riding fury home, i know more about her life, resiliency and bravery. In 1958, when chana wilson was seven, her mother held a. Learn about membership options, or view our freely available titles. It was the title that got me, then the cover and then the content of this memoir. As the book proceeds, it becomes increasingly clear how unorthodox this memoir is. From the horrors of her childhood in 1950s new jersey to the liberating discovering of. A memoir, on librarything librarything is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers home groups talk zeitgeist. The gun jammed and her mother lived, however her mother was sent away to a mental hospital. Download and read books by chana wilson in pdf, epub, mobi formats for iphone, mac and ipad.
Title of a book, article or other published item this will display to the public. I finished the book feeling enlarged for what id read, inspired and hopeful. On monday march 11th, host john quinlan interviewed author and psychotherapist chana wilson. Tuesday, april 10 not long before leaving school to light out for san francisco, a young chana wilson experienced the kind of epiphany that the older chana wilson can only convey with a bang. If the journal was available digitally on the web or as an ebookdownload or parts. Growing up in the 50s amidst trying circumstances, chana becomes.
A memoir, is book about the challenging relationship chana had with her mother who was severely mentally ill. Theres much more to this touching, fascinating story in riding fury home, chanas memoir. The book reads more like a novel as wilson tells us. Hooked the moment i started reading chana wilson s memoir, riding fury home. Mothers mothering daughters, daughters mothering mothers. 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. In her debut memoir, wilson portrays our cultures intolerance of. I was the first child ever allowed to visit a patient at the private mental hospital where my mother was being treated. 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 with another woman. Free shipping and pickup in store on eligible orders. Chana wilson grew up in the 1950s with a suicidal mother. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online.
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