Queer survivors piece together the clues to discover their own
lives Dangerous Families: Queer Writing on Surviving goes beyond
the recovery narrative to create a new queer literature of
investigation, exploration, and transformation. Twenty-six stories
illuminate the reality of growing up in fear, struggling to rebuild
lives damaged by sexual, physical, and/or emotional abuse. The book
explores how abuse turns queer survivors-male, female, and
transgendered-into healers, heartbreakers, and homicidal maniacs,
presenting brilliant stories that sear and soar. Dangerous
Families: Queer Writing on Surviving addresses all forms of abuse
head-on, representing a cross-section of queer survivors in terms
of race, class, ethnicity, education, origin, sexuality, and
gender. Contributors use their own life experiences to create a
book that takes back control from well-meaning "outsiders," as they
recount the daily struggle to overcome the damage done to their
minds, bodies, and spirits in a world that denies their gender,
sexual, and social identities. From the editor: "Dangerous Families
consists entirely of writing by survivors of childhood abuse.
That's right-no therapists analyzing our plight, no talk-show hosts
exploiting us-just survivors, exploring our complicated,
frightening, and fulfilling lives. These stories dispense with the
usual technique of carefully massaging the reader's fragile
worldview before plunging this unsuspecting innocent into a world
of horror. They go right to the horror, the beauty, and the joy,
often throwing the reader off-guard, revealing layers of meaning
before the reader can step back." Dangerous Families: Queer Writing
on Surviving is an anthology of 26 true stories of growing up queer
in families that magnify the horrors of the outside world instead
of offering protection. The book is an essential read for
therapists, caseworkers, cultural studies specialists, and anyone
struggling to survive childhood
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