The Truth Book: A Memoir - Paperback
$15.99
$21.95
-27%Quantity
01
Pay over time for orders over $35.00 with
Availability:In StockContributor:Joy Castro, Skyhorse Publishing Inc, Dorothy Allison (Foreword by)Publish date:2012-09-01Pages:248
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9780803240629ISBN-10:803240627UPC:9780803240629Book Category:Religion, Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Christianity, Religious, AbuseBook Topic:Jehovah's Witnesses, Child AbuseSize:8.90 x 7.84 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7606Product ID:SCY99SDH6V
Adopted as a baby and raised by a devout Jehovah's Witness family, Joy Castro is constantly reminded to tell the truth no matter what the consequences. Nevertheless, Castro finds this tenet to be the most violated. Here, in her very own Truth Book, Castro bears witness to a childhood lost but a life regained.
Castro's parents divorce after her father is excommunicated for smoking. She is twelve...
Language:EnglishPublisher:University of Nebraska PressISBN-13:9780803240629ISBN-10:803240627UPC:9780803240629Book Category:Religion, Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Christianity, Religious, AbuseBook Topic:Jehovah's Witnesses, Child AbuseSize:8.90 x 7.84 x 0.53 inchesWeight:0.7606Product ID:SCY99SDH6V
Joy Castro is an associate professor at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in the Department of English and the Institute for Ethnic Studies. She is the author of Island of Bones (Nebraska, 2012) and the novel Hell or High Water, a National Latino Book Club selection. Dorothy Allison is an award-winning poet, novelist, and essayist, and the author of Bastard out of Carolina.
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Contributor(s)
Joy Castro, Skyhorse Publishing Inc, Dorothy Allison (Foreword by)
Free shipping on orders over $75. Standard shipping takes 3-7 business days. Returns accepted within 30 days of purchase.