Telling : A Memoir of Rape and Recovery

by Patricia Weaver Francisco

• ISBN13: 9780060192914
• ISBN10: 0060192917
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-01-08
• Publisher: Cliff Street Books

Summary

In this intimate memoir, Patricia Weaver Francisco tells of her fifteen-year journey to recognize and overcome the effects of a violent rape. Francisco explores key aspects of a woman's life in the aftermath of rape - passion, marriage, solitude, childbirth, motherhood.

Author Biography

Patricia Weaver Francisco teaches creative writing in the MFA Program at Hamline University.

Table of Contents

Lexicon	p. xi
Prologue	p. 1
Bedtime Story	p. 5
Telling Details	p. 7
Telling Details/2	p. 22
Telling Details/3	p. 27
Carried Away	p. 35
After	p. 39
Exodus	p. 52
Bedtime Story/2	p. 69
Fear	p. 72
"How I Walk"	p. 91
First Anniversary	p. 95
Roots of Fear	p. 97
Do I Look Angry?	p. 113
Third Anniversary	p. 121
Love, Labor, Loss	p. 123
Eleventh Anniversary	p. 140
Your Aura's Got Holes in It	p. 142
"Gretel, from a sudden clearing"	p. 153
Gifts	p. 155
Bedtime Story/3	p. 160
Justice	p. 164
From "The Veils"	p. 197
Visibility	p. 199
"Details from the August Heat: Your Rape One Year Later"	p. 209
Bedtime Story/4	p. 211
The Laurel Tree	p. 215
Notes	p. 223
Acknowledgments	p. 227
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