An abbreviated life : a memoir
Leve, Ariel, 1968-2016
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Ariel Leve recalls with candor and sensitivity the turbulent time she endured as the only child of an unstable poet for a mother and a beloved but largely absent father, and explores the consequences of a psychologically harrowing childhood as she seeks refuge from the past and recovers what was lost. Ariel Leve grew up in Manhattan with an eccentric mother she describes as 'a poet, an artist, a self-appointed troublemaker and attention seeker'. She learned to become her own parent, taking care of herself and her mother's needs. There would be uncontrolled, impulsive rages followed with denial, disavowed responsibility, and then extreme outpourings of affection. How does a child learn to feel safe in this topsy-turvy world of conditional love?
Main title:
An abbreviated life : a memoir / Ariel Leve.
Author:
Leve, Ariel, 1968-, author
Imprint:
New York : Harper, 2016.
Collation:
288 pages ; 21 cm
ISBN:
9780062269454 (hbk)
Dewey class:
070.9'2
Language:
English
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BRN:
25682
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