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A heartbreaking memoir about growing up in a family wrecked by PTSD and abuse. Clare writes bravely about the impossible struggles of her childhood while casting a revealing light on the ways that neglect of Vietnam War veterans destroyed lives and families.
I met Ruth Clare at the Brisbane Writer’s Festival, and was so intrigued by her story I bought her book – a memoir of growing up with a brutal and domineering father who had been damaged by his experiences in the Vietnam war. I’ve always been interested in the way violence done to one generation can warp and cripple the generations to follow, and the difficulties in breaking the cycles of harm. Ruth Clare’s memoir is a searing indictment of the shadow cast by the Vietnam war, and a timely remind
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Sep 29, 2017
Donna
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EmJay
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