Shanda, a memoir of shame and secrecy, Letty Cottin Pogrebin
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Shanda, a memoir of shame and secrecy, Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Language
eng
resource.biographical
autobiography
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
Main title
Shanda
Oclc number
1299301876
Responsibility statement
Letty Cottin Pogrebin
Sub title
a memoir of shame and secrecy
Summary
"In her deeply engaging, astonishingly candid memoir, author and activist Letty Cottin Pogrebin exposes the fiercely-guarded lies and intricate cover-ups woven by dozens of members of her extended family. Beginning with her own long-suppressed secret, the story spirals through the hidden lives of her parents and relatives--revealing the truth about their origins, personal traumas, marital misery, abandoned children, religious transgressions, sexual identity, radical politics, and supposedly embarrassing illnesses. While unmasking their charades and disguises, Pogrebin also showcases her family's remarkable talent for reinvention in a narrative that is, by turns, touching, searing, and surprisingly universal." --, Provided by publisher
Table of contents
Family secrets -- Private shame -- Guilty secrets -- Public shame
Target audience
adult
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