Category: Memoir Publisher: Lulu Publishing; Create Space
ISBN-10: 1478329440
Type: Non-Fiction
Pages: 103
Copyright: July 31, 2012
ISBN-13: 9781478329442
This is the autobiography of a hearing child born to deaf adults an an abusive home, and of his journey to adulthood.
Adytum is the autobiography of a man born to deaf parents in an abusive home. Along with poverty, molestation, neglect, and abandonment, the anonymous author discovers love, loyalty, and beauty in the experiences of his life. With adult themes and a bit of dark humor, this inpirational memoir tells a tale of life, of anger, of happiness, and of finding peace within. I am Guido, and this is my story...
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Reviews for "Adytum"
Reviewed by Tara Laverdiere
8/27/2012
This highly impressive autobiography tells a tale of great hardship, but does so with wit and self-depreciating humor. Although the personal subject matter is at times harsh and vivid, the author shares his trials with incite and consideration for what he has learned. The reader follows along as this scared little boy survives, adjusts, and eventually thrives. I found it both heart-wrenching and candid, making me cry at times, and laugh unexpectedly at others. Focus is placed less on the events themselves and more on the author's thoughts and reactions to them, which gives the piece a uniquely human quality. The emphasis on hope and the choices that we do have in life, despite past circumstances, puts this memoir in a class of its own.
A passionate and poignant memoir written by a woman whose life has been guided by the words: "I am here to learn how to love well." The book is a deep examination of relationships, family, motivation, and honoring of the Self.
TRUE STORY. Bella survived an abusive powerbroker father with organized crime ties, a drug-addicted mother and a physically/sexually abusive brother. Shocking & inspirational. When she couldn't cry, she tattooed a crying angel to cry for her.
