Joanne Vannicola
Autor de All We Knew But Couldn't Say
Obras de Joanne Vannicola
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1968
- Género
- nonbinary
- Nacionalidad
- Canada
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Ocupaciones
- actor
Miembros
Reseñas
Premios
Estadísticas
- Obras
- 1
- Miembros
- 20
- Popularidad
- #589,235
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
- 1
- ISBNs
- 3
Joanne's memoir is something else. It's beautifully written, the prose quite strong, but it is harrowing. Her story involves heavy amounts of child abuse, as Joanne and her sisters were physically abused by their horrifically violent father, and Joanne herself was sexually abused by her mother, who was obsessed with her and her childhood acting career. Her parents are despicable and Joanne is far, far more kind to them than I would be. She's an admirable woman.
Though I felt the later chapters were a bit weaker - the book is strongest when it's about Joanne's personal feelings and struggles. I would have liked for her to go into more detail about her healing but overall, what a beautiful and heartwrenching memoir.… (más)