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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Gross, Jessica Berger, author.     Subjects     Gross, Jessica Berger.     Adult child abuse victims -- United States -- Biography.     Adult children of dysfunctional families -- United States -- Biography.     Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Gross, Jessica Berger, author.       by title:      Estranged : leaving ...         MARC Display

Estranged : leaving family and finding home : a memoir / Jessica Berger Gross. by Gross, Jessica Berger, author. New York : Scribner, 2017. Subjects Gross, Jessica Berger.   Adult child abuse victims -- United States -- Biography.   Adult children of dysfunctional families -- United States -- Biography.   Authors, American -- 21st century -- Biography. ISBN:  9781501101601 (hardcover) : 1501101609 (hardcover) Description:  277 pages ; 22 cm Edition:  First Scribner hardcover edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  A powerful, haunting memoir about one woman's childhood of abuse and her harrowing decision to leave it all behind that redefines our understanding of estrangement and the ability to triumph over adversity. To outsiders, Jessica Berger Gross's childhood--growing up in a "nice" Jewish family in middle class Long Island--seemed as wholesomely American as any other. But behind closed doors, Jessica suffered years of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her father, whose mood would veer unexpectedly from loving to violent. At the age of twenty-eight, still reeling from the trauma but emotionally dependent on her dysfunctional family, Jessica made the anguished decision to cut ties with them entirely. Years later, living in Maine with a loving husband and young son, having finally found happiness, Jessica is convinced the decision saved her life. In her powerful memoir reminiscent of Jeannette Walls's bestseller The Glass Castle, Jessica breaks through common social taboos and bravely recounts the painful, self-defeating ways in which she internalized her abusive childhood, how she came to the monumental decision to break free from her family, and how she endured the difficult road that followed. Ultimately, by extracting herself from the damaging patterns and relationships of the past, Jessica has managed to carve an inspiring path to happiness--one she has created on her own terms. Her story, told here in a careful, unflinching, and forthright way, completely reframes how we think about family and the past.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Aina Haina Public Library Adult Biography B Gross Gr Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hawaii State Library Social Science & Philosophy 362.76092 Gross Gr Checked In Add Copy to MyList Hilo Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.76092 Gross Gr Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waianae Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.76092 Gross Gr Checked In Add Copy to MyList Waikiki-Kapahulu Public Library Adult Nonfiction 362.76092 Gr Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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