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Denial : A Memoir of Terror by Jessica Stern (2010, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHarperCollins
ISBN-100061626651
ISBN-139780061626654
eBay Product ID (ePID)78884857
Product Key Features
Number of Pages320 Pages
Publication NameDenial : a Memoir of Terror
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2010
SubjectWomen, Personal Memoirs, Mental Health, Personality, Violence in Society
TypeTextbook
AuthorJessica Stern
Subject AreaSocial Science, Biography & Autobiography, Psychology, Medical
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight17 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2010-282604
Dewey Edition22
ReviewsStern's important book, devoid of sentimentality or sensationalism, brings the reader face-to-face with the realities of global terror and the danger it presents to our way of life. This is essential reading., “a compelling investigation into her own life, the life of the serial rapist who committed at least 44 similar crimes and the way trauma affects everyone it touches, sometimes in surprisingly positive ways.�, A memorable, powerful and deeply courageous book, DENIAL is also a riveting read... With devastating honesty [Stern] explores the impact of trauma on victims and those close to them, and the costs of denial for both., This month s must-read nonfiction: terrorism expert Jessica Stern s DENIAL: A Memoir of Terror which opens the decades-old file of a crime committed against Stern as a teen, launching her on a gutsy investigation into the ways in which trauma is perpetuated., [Stern's rapist] whose chaotic life and whose own probable victimization Stern reconstructs, caused her lifelong anguish. She doesn't simply tell us so but shows us in shattered, artfully repetitive narration., [A] harrowing memoir of a girl whom trauma has taught to distrust herself and who learns to live with the idea of her helplessness...an appeal to compassion and forgiveness, rather than a condemnation of the destructive impulses that haunt each of us., Most moving is the author's contemplation of denial itself, and its effect of re-victimizing the victim… She successfully unearths difficult emotional terrain without sinking into utter subjectivity and maintains an orderly progression without becoming clinical. A disturbing, captivating memoir., One of the most important books I have read in a decade..Brave, life changing and gripping as a thriller...A tour de force., '[A] harrowing memoir of a girl whom trauma has taught to distrust herself and who learns to live with the idea of her helplessness...an appeal to compassion and forgiveness, rather than a condemnation of the destructive impulses that haunt each of us.' (Susanna Moore, author of IN THE CUT), An extraordinary memoir conveys Stern's process of denial, dissociation, and healing in her dawning realization of intolerable truths., “…an intense and honest examination…Denial is a touching portrait of how the after affects of trauma can influence the personal and professional life of its victim.�, DENIAL [is] a profound human document it is hot to the touch in ways that are both memorable and disturbing., Jessica Stern has written a remarkable book, unlike any that I've read. This deeply personal and often painful reflection documents the costs of personal, familial, and community silence as well as the liberating effects of truthful testimony., [Denial] will allow people into parts of themselves they didn't ven knew they had. Parts full of rage, of terror, of pride in their own detachment... For anyone who has lived at proximity to violence, it is one of the most necessary accounts of our time., An unflinchingly courageous self-examination... riveting and brilliantly told story... The book will be illuminating for victims and survivors of trauma, those who work or live with them, family members with generational histories of trauma, and for those who care about how our histories shape our lives., In this skillfully wrought, powerful study, a terrorism expert, national security adviser, and lecturer at Harvard, returns to a definitive episode of terror in her own early life and traces its grim, damaging ramifications Stern s work is a strong, clear-eyed, elucidating study of the profound reverberations of trauma.
Dewey Decimal364.15/32092 B
Synopsis"Denial is one of the most important books I have read in a decade....Brave, life-changing, and gripping as a thriller....A tour de force." --Naomi Wolf One of the world's foremost experts on terrorism and post-traumatic stress disorder, Jessica Stern has subtitled her book Denial, "A Memoir of Terror." A brave and astonishingly frank examination of her own unsolved rape at the age of fifteen, Denial investigates how the rape and its aftermath came to shape Stern's future and her work. The author of the New York Times Notable Book Terror in the Name of God, Jessica Stern brilliantly explores the nature of evil in an extraordinary volume that Louise Richardson, author of What Terrorists Want, calls, "Memorable, powerful and deeply courageous...a riveting read.", "I have listened and I have been quiet all my life. But now I will speak." One of the world's foremost experts on terrorism and post-traumatic stress disorder investigates her own unsolved adolescent sexual assault at the hands of a serial rapist, and in so doing, examines the horrors of trauma and denial. Alone in an unlocked house in a safe neighborhood in the suburban town of Concord, Massachusetts, two good, obedient girls, Jessica Stern, fifteen, and her sister, fourteen, were raped on the night of October 1, 1973. The girls had just come back from ballet lessons and were doing their homework when a strange man armed with a gun entered their home. Afterward, when they reported the crime, the police were skeptical. The rapist was never caught. For over thirty years, Stern denied the pain and the trauma of the assault. Following the example of her family, Stern-who lost her mother at the age of three, and whose father was a Holocaust survivor-focused on her work instead of her terror. She became a world-class expert on terrorism, a lauded academic and writer who interviewed terrorists around the globe. But while her career took off, her success hinged on her symptoms. After her ordeal she could not feel fear in normally frightening situations. Stern believed she'd disassociated from the trauma altogether, until a devoted police lieutenant reopened the sisters' rape case and brought her back to that harrowing night more than three decades past. With the help of the lieutenant, Stern began her own investigation-bringing to bear all her skills as a researcher-to uncover the truth about the town of Concord, her family, and her own mind. The result is Denial, a candid, courageous, and ultimately hopeful look at a trauma and its aftermath., " Denial is one of the most important books I have read in a decade....Brave, life-changing, and gripping as a thriller....A tour de force." --Naomi Wolf One of the world's foremost experts on terrorism and post-traumatic stress disorder, Jessica Stern has subtitled her book Denial , "A Memoir of Terror." A brave and astonishingly frank examination of her own unsolved rape at the age of fifteen, Denial investigates how the rape and its aftermath came to shape Stern's future and her work. The author of the New York Times Notable Book Terror in the Name of God, Jessica Stern brilliantly explores the nature of evil in an extraordinary volume that Louise Richardson, author of What Terrorists Want, calls, "Memorable, powerful and deeply courageous...a riveting read."
LC Classification NumberHV6561
