| Description |
1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations |
| Series |
Writing lives : ethnographic narratives |
|
Writing lives--ethnographic narratives.
|
| Contents |
The story begins -- Asking books -- Asking others -- Findings -- The story ends |
| Summary |
After leaving her twelve-year marriage, Sophie Tamas went to the local women's shelter to ask if she had been abused. The result is Life after leaving, a performative, arts-based journey into the aftermath of spousal abuse and the endless struggle to make sense of loss. We see Sophie's world--the academic lectures, the therapy sessions, the childrearing, the dealings with an ex-spouse, the house reconstruction--as she looks for answers in the literature and in the lives of other women. Both lyrical and theoretical, autoethnographic and analytical, her captivating story builds to a chorus of . |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Abused wives -- Rehabilitation.
|
|
Abused wives -- Canada -- Drama.
|
|
Abused wives -- Canada -- Psychology.
|
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
|
|
Drama.
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| ISBN |
1611320631 (electronic bk.) |
|
9781611320633 (electronic bk.) |
|
(hbk. ; alk. paper) |
|
(paperback; alk. paper) |
|
(hbk. ; alk. paper) |
|
(paperback; alk. paper) |
|
