The inheritance of shame : a memoir
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Published
Long Beach, CA : Brown Paper Press, [2017].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781941932087, 1941932088
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 21 cm
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Warwick Public - Adult Non-Fiction | BIO HQ 75.8 G353 2017 | On Shelf |
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Published
Long Beach, CA : Brown Paper Press, [2017].
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781941932087, 1941932088
Notes
Description
"The Inheritance of Shame details the six years author Peter Gajdics spent in a bizarre form of conversion therapy that attempted to "cure" him of his homosexuality. Kept with other patients in a cult-like home in British Columbia, Canada, Gajdics was under the authority of a dominating, rogue psychiatrist who controlled his patients, in part, by creating and exploiting a false sense of family. Juxtaposed against his parents' tormented past -- his mother's incarceration and escape from a communist concentration camp in post-World War II Yugoslavia, and his father's upbringing as an orphan in war-torn Hungary -- Gajdics' story explores the universal themes of childhood trauma, oppression, and intergenerational pain. Told over a period of decades, the book shows us the damaging repercussions of conversion therapy and reminds us that resilience, compassion, and the courage to speak the truth exist within us all"--Publisher's description.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gajdics, P. (2017). The inheritance of shame: a memoir (First edition.). Brown Paper Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gajdics, Peter, 1964-. 2017. The Inheritance of Shame: A Memoir. Brown Paper Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gajdics, Peter, 1964-. The Inheritance of Shame: A Memoir Brown Paper Press, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gajdics, Peter. The Inheritance of Shame: A Memoir First edition., Brown Paper Press, 2017.
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