Rarely do we find an honest account of incest in the news. Though it has long been taboo in almost every culture, and for sound biological reasons, the occurrences of incest continue in many families and communities. Having a rational conversation about it, however, is difficult to achieve. Do not expect lurid accounts of threats and torture and kinky S&M from this book. This story is told with names changed, from the point of view of the girl-a straightforward account of the relationship of father and daughter over nearly twenty years. As she grew into young adulthood, the father became...
Rarely do we find an honest account of incest in the news. Though it has long been taboo in almost every culture, and for sound biological reasons, th...
This story of two decades of a marriage documents a catalog of changes accepted and changes refused, between two people who grew up in the Forties and Fifties. By the Seventies, the world had changed and so had they. And so had the marriage. The uncommon word eachother is the main topic of this book-the relationship of two people in which every action or thought, whether expressed or not, affects the partner. Eachother is precious when it works, treacherous when both feel trapped with the other. The Last American Housewife is the second volume in the Marty Series, following The Family Secret....
This story of two decades of a marriage documents a catalog of changes accepted and changes refused, between two people who grew up in the Forties and...
This third book in the Marty Series brings Marty into her own, after the divorce, yet with her ex-husband living next door. She is now free to discover her own needs and desires. Her old father is sheltered in her house, and she even briefly remarries Alex, who had suffered a brain tumor and a personality change.
This third book in the Marty Series brings Marty into her own, after the divorce, yet with her ex-husband living next door. She is now free to discove...
"To become a landlady, it usually takes going through hard times. Most landladies I know are either divorced or widowed. They are not the women who have money to invest in property and do so with the idea of renting out that spare room. No one would be a landlady if they could avoid it. Down through history, women opened their homes to boarders to get by financially after their husband left or died. Becoming a landlady is a process, never planned, and not a choice a woman would make if she could help it. It's not fun. You can make the best of it if you have a sense of humor. The making of a...
"To become a landlady, it usually takes going through hard times. Most landladies I know are either divorced or widowed. They are not the women who ha...