Kelly Sundberg
Autor(a) de Goodbye, Sweet Girl: A Story of Domestic Violence and Survival
About the Author
Kelly Sundberg's essays have appeared in Guernica, Gulf Coast, The Rumpus, Denver Quarterly, Slice, and other publications. Her essay "It Will Look Like a Sunset" was selected for inclusion in The Best American Essays 2015, and other essays have been listed as notables in the same series. She has a mostrar mais PhD in creative nonfiction from Ohio University and has been the recipient of fellowships or grants from Vermont Studio Center, A Room of Her Own Foundation, Dickinson House, and the National Endowment for the Arts. mostrar menos
Obras de Kelly Sundberg
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Sexo
- female
Membros
Resenhas
Estatísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Membros
- 83
- Popularidade
- #218,811
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Resenhas
- 3
- ISBNs
- 7
As a survivor of domestic abuse, Ms. Sundberg has a disturbing story to tell, and she does so in a nonlinear fashion. Small details help the reader understand why she stayed as long as she did: the reader hears multiple times about how well Ms. Sundberg and her husband fit together while embracing, for example. There’s also a lot about the childhood insecurities that made Ms. Sundberg feel as though she deserved abuse. At times the narrative feels jumbled, but everything becomes clearer in the final chapters.
I imagine this book may be helpful for other domestic abuse survivors, and for those looking for the courage to leave violent relationships.… (mais)