Richard Rhodes’s memoir, A Hole in the World: An American Boyhood, etched an eloquent and unforgettable portrait of the emotional and physical abuse that Rhodes and his brother suffered as children at the hands of their stepmother. His book touched many men and women who had also been victims of abuse. These survivors wrote to Rhodes telling of their own abuse and how much of the book had helped them deal with their own memories.
Trying to Get Some Dignity: Stories of Triumph Over Childhood Abuse is the result of these shared memories. The authors interviewed twenty of these men and women in depth to create a book that reports their own words, forming an oral history that makes a collective narrative. Trying to Get Some Dignity also includes comments from carefully selected professionals whose support for the survivors’ strategies for dealing with abuse will inspire all readers.
“Deeply moving and filled with compassion. Reading this book helped me understand myself better.”
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