Some of the Words Are Theirs: A Memoir of an Alcoholic Family

by George H. Jensen Jr., William L. White (Foreword)

Some of the Words Are Theirs is far more than the tale of an adult child of an alcoholic. Jensen’s story chronicles how he came to widen the lens through which he saw his past, removing the filters of the victim and abandoned child, allowing him to see events as significant primarily in the meaning we choose to give them.

400 pages, Hardcover

First published November 1, 2009

Reviews

[Witt Salley · Rating 4 out of 5]

This work represents one of the most scholarly and skillful approaches to the creative nonfiction genre of memoir. The writing is both precise and sophisticated, the storyline both authentic and raw. At the same time, Jensen is poignantly accurate and rhetorically beautiful in his depiction of the pain of those who have lived with the suffering of an alcoholic parent. I applaud Jensen for his honesty, which speaks to anyone who has experienced and thrived in similar situations. Clearly a trained rhetorician, Jensen is also a master writing teacher who leads by example.