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Book

The reckoning : our nation's trauma and finding a way to heal

Call Number

  • 973.933 T8718 (CEN, EAS, OSH, WSQ)

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Edition

First edition.

Publication Information

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.

Physical Description

viii, 193 pages ; 25 cm

Summary

Donald Trump's niece, Mary L. Trump, examines America's national trauma, rooted in our history but dramatically exacerbated by the impact of current events and the Trump administration's corrupt and immoral policies. Our failure to acknowledge this trauma, let alone root it out, has allowed it to metastasize. Whether it manifests itself in rising levels of rage and hatred, or hopelessness and apathy, the stress of living in a country we no longer recognize has affected all of us. America is suffering from PTSD--a new leader alone cannot fix us.

Contents

  • part I. A short history of American failure : 1865-2020: Atrocities ; Impunity
  • part II. Here there be monsters: American carnage ; Abandon all hope ye who enter
  • part III. American exceptionalism: Suffering in silence ; We hold these truths
  • part IV. The reckoning: The precipice ; The long shadow ; Facing the truth
  • Epilogue.

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