Almost a Woman
A Novel about Recovered Memory and Surviving Sexual Abuse
Published on 16. November 1997
Book
Paperback/Softback
263 pages
978-0-88801-214-2 (ISBN)
Description
Kendra Quillan, the leader of a feminist band in Toronto, journeys from imminent career success back into her past to confront her troubled childhood.Bold is too heartless a word for Julie Brickmans stunning first novel: brave. Fresh is too tame for her sizzling styletry spectacular. This novel takes us to the post-trauma depths of the psyche; its like being in a submarine whose searchlight makes us gasp at never-before-seen crevasses, life-forms, seams of fireterrible and beautiful.Sena Jeter Naslund, author of The Animal Way to Love
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Language
English
Place of publication
Canada
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 217 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
372 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-88801-214-2 (9780888012142)
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Person
Julie Brickman PhD, is a psychologist and therapist who has worked in the area of sexual trauma for 17 years. She did the first study of rape and sexual assault in Canada, has coordinated a rape crisis centre, and given talks and workshops in the field. She has published fiction and non-fiction in Fireweed, Kinesis, and the International Journal of Women's Studies.