In this memoir of his childhood, O?Driscoll eloquently examines his troubled relationship with his father, whose bullying and mental abuse have affected him profoundly throughout his life. The task the author has undertaken is to give voice to the...
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Universitätsbibliothek der Eberhard Karls Universität
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In this memoir of his childhood, O?Driscoll eloquently examines his troubled relationship with his father, whose bullying and mental abuse have affected him profoundly throughout his life. The task the author has undertaken is to give voice to the voiceless: to express the unnerving pent-up emotions he was unable to express as a child. In A Runner among Falling Leaves , O?Driscoll has written a book that is lyrical, affecting, and at times darkly comical
Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; 1: Defining moments; 2: Mother and child schemers; 3: The great sliced pan in the sky; 4: The sea-area forecast; 5: Wave-therapy; 6: Otherworldly eyes; 7: Words and music; 8: The toughening; 9: Rites and teens; 10: One sweet note;
In this memoir of his childhood, O’Driscoll eloquently examines his troubled relationship with his father, whose bullying and mental abuse have affected him profoundly throughout his life. The task the author has undertaken is to give voice to the...
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Bibliotheks-und Informationssystem der Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg (BIS)
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In this memoir of his childhood, O’Driscoll eloquently examines his troubled relationship with his father, whose bullying and mental abuse have affected him profoundly throughout his life. The task the author has undertaken is to give voice to the voiceless: to express the unnerving pent-up emotions he was unable to express as a child. In A Runner among Falling Leaves, O’Driscoll has written a book that is lyrical, affecting, and at times darkly comical
