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Fire shut up in my bones : a memoir

Call Number

  • 921 B6576 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2014.

Physical Description

228 pages ; 24 cm

Summary

A respected journalist describes the abuse he suffered at the hands of a close family relative, the effect this had on his formative years and how he overcame the anger and self-doubt it left behind.

Contents

  • The house with no steps
  • Thanksgiving
  • Chester
  • The punk next door
  • Look-away Jesus
  • Change
  • Another boy's baby
  • The brothers
  • Hell week
  • The champagne-colored girl
  • Lie detector
  • The just-in-case-gun.

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