But chana wilson is a therapist, and in her recent book called riding fury home. Exquisitely written and devastatingly honest, riding fury home is a shattering account of one familys struggle against homophobia and mental illnessand a powerful story of healing, forgiveness, and redemption. During chana wilsons childhood, her mother, gloria was chronically depressed and made frequent suicide attempts. Her book details her relationship with her mother gloria, whose suicidal depressions and electric shock therapy ma. A woman telling her own story in her own words is a powerful emotional force. Her book details her relationship with her mother gloria, whose suicidal depressions and electric shock therapy make sense only after chana and then gloria. Oct 24, 2012 as heartbreaking as aspects of wilson s story are, riding fury home ultimately shows progress from her mothers attempts at suicide brought on by her conversion therapy to her eventual.
Tacoma lgbtq book club meets the second saturday of every month at the rainbow center, 2215 pacific ave, tacoma. Wilsons father often managed by withdrawing and leaving his young daughter essentially on her own with a heavily drugged despairing mother. While the book takes place during a dynamic time for lesbians and society as a whole, wilson. The early chapters of chana wilsons shattering memoir riding fury home literally. Books loving homage to a difficult childhood by rachel pepper. Its two years and countless electroshock treatments before gloria is discharged and returns home to her husband and daughter. Exquisitely written and devastatingly honest, riding fury home is a shattering. Wilson s memoir explores her complex relationship with her mother, first as a. A memoir chana wilson in 1958, when chana wilson was seven, her mother held a rifle to her own head and pulled the trigger. The author chronicles her childhood in the 1950s and 60s, her coming of age in the 70s and the reestablishment of her relationship with her mother as an adult. Hooked the moment i started reading chana wilsons memoir, riding fury home.
During chana wilson s childhood, her mother, gloria was chronically depressed and made frequent suicide attempts. Riding fury home spans forty years of the intense, complex relationship between chana and her motherthe trauma of their early years together, the transformation and joy they found when they both came out in the 1970s, and the deep bond that grew between them. I have read and agree to hachette book groups privacy policy and terms of use. Wilson tells her stories in a powerful way that brings the universal home. To see what were reading this month, go to the main events page. Hooked the moment i started reading chana wilson s memoir, riding fury home. Maybe if i loved her enough, my mother would heal, the young karen. A memoir, 2012, 377 pages, chana wilson, 1580054323. Riding fury home is an engrossing and inspiring memoir about a troubled motherdaughter relationship that is salvaged, deepened and energized by the pairs synchronous coming out as lesbians and espousal of radical feminist values. As heartbreaking as aspects of wilsons story are, riding fury home ultimately shows progress from her mothers attempts at suicide brought on by her conversion therapy to her eventual. Riding fury home is an emotional rollercoaster of a book, filled with. Read riding fury home a memoir by chana wilson available from rakuten kobo.
A contradictory girlhood melissa hart 2009 fun home. Read riding fury home a memoir by chana wilson available from rakuten. Riding fury home by chana wilson packs an extra punch because we are invited to witness not only the story of the authors life, but also of her mother glorias life. Apr 03, 2012 riding fury home a memoir by chana wilson. This january, chana wilson presented moving excerpts from her memoir, riding fury home, to a full house at laurel books. Chana wilson presents excerpts from her memoir, riding fury home this january, chana wilson presented moving excerpts from her memoir, riding fury home, to a full house at laurel books. Lee riding fury home a memoir por chana wilson disponible en rakuten kobo. Spanning the breadth of her parents tumultuous relationship and ending with the aftermath of her mothers death, author, therapist, and drumbeater chana wilsons memoir, riding fury home seal press, relates her ownand her mother, gloriasintertwined stories of sexism, homophobia, and liberation. Riding fury home is an emotional rollercoaster of a book, filled with gut wrenching. A memoir, 2012, 377 pages, chana wilson, 1580054323, 9781580054324, seal prfeminist, 2012. Parker maybe if i loved her enough, my mother would heal, the young karen later chana wilson thinks to herself after a visit to the mental hospital.
Wilsons memoir explores her complex relationship with her mother, first as a child growing up in the shadow of a. From the intolerance of the 50s to the exhilaration of the womens movement of the. Each month, the selected book is available for purchase at kings bookstore. Riding fury home ebook by chana wilson rakuten kobo.
A ridiculously long list of books written by women from all over the world. In prose of dazzling clarity, chana wilsons memoir riding fury home describes the life of a jewishamerican family in 1950s new jersey. Riding fury home is a beautiful and very human story of vast themes. Riding fury home by chana wilson overdrive rakuten. Riding fury home a memoir by chana wilson seal press. I was the first child ever allowed to visit a patient at the private mental hospital where my mother was being treated. A memoir in 1958, when chana wilson was seven, her mother attempted suicide, holding a rifle to her own head and pulling the trigger. A memoir chana wilsons 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 this gutwrenchingly honest memoir, wilson begins with her mothers attempt at suicide while wilson was just seven years old. After her first suicide attempt, mother gloria was sent to an institution for repeated electric shocks then returned home. The book reads more like a novel as wilson tells us. A memoir of my father alysia abbott 20 confessions of a fairys daughter. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the gerbil farmers daughter. I read this book with a great deal of interest, as its material covers many of the fields i teach. She attempts to commit suicide numerous times, and the memoir jarringly opens up with the scene of gloria holding a rifle to her head in the bathroom. It seems unusual to know someone professionally and then read about.
Scarletts list of books by women to read page 9 show list info a ridiculously long list of books written by women from all over the world. The gun jammed and she was taken away to a mental hospital. Growing up with a gay dad alison wearing 20 riding fury home. In her debut memoir, wilson portrays our cultures intolerance of homosexuality through a motherdaughter story of dysfunction, loss and empowerment. Sandy boucher, author of hidden spring from the horrors of her childhood in 1950s new jersey to the liberating discovering of her sexual identity decades later, psychotherapist wilsons memoir is as heartbreaking as it is uplifting. The opening lines of chana wilsons book illuminate the intimate, complex and soulsucking relationship that she and her mother have throughout their. Boatner apr 19, 2012 books, our affairs 0 comments. Before our first trip there, dad said, the doctors think your mother will get better if she can keep seeing you. What begins as a harrowing memoir about a young girl whose mother repeatedly tries to kill herselfwith a rifle, with pillsmakes a hard left and morphs into a sort of dual comingofage tale.
Women and mental illness fiction and nonfiction page 8. We read both fiction and nonfiction, recent and classic. The committees mission is to create a bibliography of books that exhibit commendable literary quality and significant authentic lgbt content and are. A stunning story with a redemptive ending, riding fury home is full of surprises and mindopening revelations. 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. As we find out, this family, living quietly in a beautiful, sunfilled house, was in the grip of destructive social forces beyond their control. Each issue is a portfolio of the best work in new construction, restoration, and interpretive design, presented through intelligent writing and beautiful photographs. In 1958, when chana wilson was seven, her mother held a rifle to her head and pulled the trigger. In her debut memoir, wilson portrays our cultures intolerance of homosexuality through a. 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 early chapters of chana wilsons shattering memoir riding fury home literally devastated me. Feb 5, 20 the 20 over the rainbow project book list, sponsored by the gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender round table glbtrt of the american library association ala, has just been decided at alas midwinter meeting in seattle.
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