Book
Fire shut up in my bones : a memoir
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.