Monday, April 28, 2008

My Sister's Book


My sister's book is available on Amazon. It is a memoir that I read in one afternoon, and had to put down three times because I was crying so hard. Here is a description on Amazon:

Set against the backdrop of the comfortable life of a seemingly happy and prosperous Jewish family, the story of how a little girl-smart, talented, and eager to please-was repeatedly molested by her maternal grandfather and then by one of his friends strikes at the heart of the tradition of safety and comfort and the sanctity of the family itself. Jenny's recounting of her childhood-with her beautiful bedroom, dance lessons, and childhood friends and activities, interspersed with her for-many-years-suppressed memories of her violation by her grandfather-is shocking and infuriating. How could a trusted family member do such things to a little girl, his precious first grandchild? Her painful childhood is followed by years of confusion, sexual acting out, and addiction, all the fruit of that terrible violation. When she begins the long and difficult process of recovery, we root for her, even as we rail against the terrible reason for all her pain. Finally, as we see her emerge from the dark wood, we cheer for her and begin to understand that victims can become more than what happened to them: they can, as Jenny has, move forward under their own power and find peace and maybe even a little justice. This story of Jenny's struggles, her insights, her determination, and her triumph will be a powerful inspiration to all.

BUY IT. - go to AMAZON.com and search for Jenny Skylark Kuvin - I can't figure out how to put a link here....

2 comments:

dharmamama said...

To link on Blogger, highlight the text you want to be the link. Open a new window on the site you want to link to. Copy that web address. On your Blogger post, see that tiny green Earth with the chain link on it? Click that, and it will open a tiny window. Paste the web addy in that URL window, and click OK. Ta-daah!

I'm looking forward to reading the book... kinda. That's like saying I'm looking forward to witnessing pain and chaos. But I am.

Peggy Sez.. said...

The content sounds all too familiar..For me..I probably should read it but don't know if I could..I get a "little" (#!&*!!) fired up over the subject matter.