Life after leaving : the remains of spousal abuse /

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Author / Creator:	Tamas, Sophie.
Imprint:	Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2011.
Description:	1 online resource (206 pages) : illustrations
Language:	English
Series:	Writing lives : ethnographic narratives Writing lives--ethnographic narratives.
Subject:	Abused wives -- Canada -- Psychology. Abused wives -- Canada -- Drama. Abused wives -- Rehabilitation. Abused wives. Abused wives -- Psychology. Abused wives -- Rehabilitation. Canada. Electronic books. Drama.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11300513

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ISBN:	9781611320633 1611320631 9781611320619 1611320615 9781611320626 1611320623
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index. Print version record.
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 ...
Other form:	Print version: Tamas, Sophie. Life after leaving. Walnut Creek, Calif. : Left Coast Press, ©2011 9781611320619

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