Vertigo A Memoir Author:Louise Desalvo In her no-holds-barred family memoir, controversial scholar-critic Louise DeSalvo breaks the traditional silence around life for an Italian American girl coming of age in working-class Hoboken, New Jersey. Upon first publication, DeSalvo's memoirâwhich sifts through painful memories of childhood incest, a sister's suicide, a mot... more »her's psychotic depression, and a father's violent rageâenjoyed wide acclaim as an instant classic of the genre, written in "one of the most refreshing feminist voices around."-San Francisco Chronicle??Marketing Plans:
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?Extensively promoted with new anthology Taste This: Italian American Women Writers on Food and Identity??Louise DeSalvo is professor of English at Hunter College. She has published thirteen books, including the acclaimed Virginia Woolf: The Impact of Childhood Sexual Abuse on Her Life and Work.?« less