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The Tricky Part: One Boy's Fall from Trespass into Grace by: Martin Moran List Price: £12.99 City Travel Guides Price: £9.09 You Save: £3.90 (30%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780285637474 ISBN: 0285637479 Label: Souvenir Press Ltd Manufacturer: Souvenir Press Ltd Number Of Pages: 288 Publication Date: April 20, 2006 Publisher: Souvenir Press Ltd Studio: Souvenir Press Ltd Sales Rank: 24703 Related Items:
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 Rating: - Frank and enightening memoirFrank and moving account of the abuse the writer suffered as a child, and how he was subsequently affected and managed to cope. When he was twelve years old Martin Moran was seduced and abused at the hands of a camp counsellor named Bob, and so entered a relationship that lasted not unwillingly for three years. But the effects were lasting; such that Martin eventually took steps to confront the issues head on. Martin's memoir is Insightful and enlightening, not always easy to come to terms with, for while what he suffered as a child was clearly an abuse, he was not an unwilling participant, and it maybe opened the way for Martin to accept more readily his life as a gay man. His account tells in detail of his early days, of the seduction ... Read More: Rating: - Truly InspiringMartin Moran writes eloquently about his early life in Denver, his childhood sexual abuse at the hands of a camp counsellor, and the devastating consequences on his life for 30 years thereafter. His style is wonderfully rich; the story is beautifully written. Despite the subject matter, the book remains positive throughout. I couldn't put it down. Moran describes in detail the love-hate sexual relationship into which he willingly returned over and over from the age of 12, in a desperate search for confidence and companionship, and despite the serious questions arising in his mind. His desperately conflicting emotions, and concerns about complicity, are contrasted with his strict Catholic home life, and education in a prestigious ... Read More: |
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