Independently Published
The Hooker's Daughter: A Boston Family's Saga
Product Code:
9781095219485
ISBN13:
9781095219485
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New
$16.42
Boy do I have a story for you as presented in my memoir, "The Hooker's Daughter," My mother was a hooker who turned tricks every day in our tiny apartment. My father barely functioned. My sister "came out" as a lesbian, long before it was acceptable, and was thrown into a convent and then a mental hospital for evaluation. That leaves me - The Hooker's Daughter. While I should have been playing with Barbie & Ken, I was dealing with "Johns" who were ringing the doorbell constantly - a nightmare no kid should experience. My childhood fantasy was to have a mom who made chicken soup and a father who supported his family...just like other households in our tight-knit Jewish community. Instead, friends were forbidden to play with me and I was thrown out of the Girl Scouts because I, too, might be a sinner. I thought I could fix my past. I married and had two beautiful children. When my husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor, diabetes, and developed blindness, my world crashed again. His prognosis was two months but he survived six grueling years. At 37, I was widowed and struggled to make ends meet.The Hooker's Daughter is a story of a life dictated by shame and discontent. It traces the path of a young woman from childhood, through bewildered adolescence, to wife, mother, widow, successful entrepreneur, and author. The story is about trauma, survival, and triumph.
| Author: Dale Stanten |
| Publisher: Independently published |
| Publication Date: Apr 20, 2019 |
| Number of Pages: 260 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1095219480 |
| ISBN-13: 9781095219485 |
The Hooker's Daughter: A Boston Family's Saga
$16.42
Boy do I have a story for you as presented in my memoir, "The Hooker's Daughter," My mother was a hooker who turned tricks every day in our tiny apartment. My father barely functioned. My sister "came out" as a lesbian, long before it was acceptable, and was thrown into a convent and then a mental hospital for evaluation. That leaves me - The Hooker's Daughter. While I should have been playing with Barbie & Ken, I was dealing with "Johns" who were ringing the doorbell constantly - a nightmare no kid should experience. My childhood fantasy was to have a mom who made chicken soup and a father who supported his family...just like other households in our tight-knit Jewish community. Instead, friends were forbidden to play with me and I was thrown out of the Girl Scouts because I, too, might be a sinner. I thought I could fix my past. I married and had two beautiful children. When my husband was diagnosed with a brain tumor, diabetes, and developed blindness, my world crashed again. His prognosis was two months but he survived six grueling years. At 37, I was widowed and struggled to make ends meet.The Hooker's Daughter is a story of a life dictated by shame and discontent. It traces the path of a young woman from childhood, through bewildered adolescence, to wife, mother, widow, successful entrepreneur, and author. The story is about trauma, survival, and triumph.
| Author: Dale Stanten |
| Publisher: Independently published |
| Publication Date: Apr 20, 2019 |
| Number of Pages: 260 pages |
| Language: English |
| Binding: Paperback |
| ISBN-10: 1095219480 |
| ISBN-13: 9781095219485 |
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