While reading this book one thing kept popping up to me; how brave Anne was/is to tell it all. And that's exactly what she has done. There is no glossing over the 'not pretty' parts,no skimming over the uncomfortable. Rather she has taken the messiest baggage and unpacked, repacked and unpacked again to try and figure out her life.
What she had to endure as a child is beyond heartbreaking, and yet she tells it with a straight-forwardness that is real, raw and thought provoking. When she writes of being beaten along with her siblings by her father,you can feel her pain and confusion as the blows rain down. Her writing style is bare-bones descriptive and not for the weak of heart.
Yes her infamous breakdown, and relationship with Ellen DeGenerous is in there but that is really only one more chapter to add to an already convoluted existance.She focuses more on her childhood abuse at the hands of a closeted-gay, sexually and physically abusive father and a passive-aggressive mother.
It's the telling of how she came to be and her struggle to triumph over the abuse that will leave the reader wondering how she managed to rise above it all.
Her strength too delve into her childhood to figure out the fragmented memories is what should be applauded here.
A wonderful book that is hard to read but you will be glad you did!
What she had to endure as a child is beyond heartbreaking, and yet she tells it with a straight-forwardness that is real, raw and thought provoking. When she writes of being beaten along with her siblings by her father,you can feel her pain and confusion as the blows rain down. Her writing style is bare-bones descriptive and not for the weak of heart.
Yes her infamous breakdown, and relationship with Ellen DeGenerous is in there but that is really only one more chapter to add to an already convoluted existance.She focuses more on her childhood abuse at the hands of a closeted-gay, sexually and physically abusive father and a passive-aggressive mother.
It's the telling of how she came to be and her struggle to triumph over the abuse that will leave the reader wondering how she managed to rise above it all.
Her strength too delve into her childhood to figure out the fragmented memories is what should be applauded here.
A wonderful book that is hard to read but you will be glad you did!
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