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LEADER: 01716cam 2200301Ia 4500
001 ocm54764263
003 OCoLC
005 20101214172017.0
008 040318s2003 cau 000 0beng d
040 $aJQJ$cJQJ$dBAKER$dLTP
020 $a0974847402 (pbk.) :$c$18.00
020 $a9780974847405 (pbk.)
035 $a(OCoLC)54764263
100 1 $aEtienne, Marie.
245 10 $aStorkbites /$cMarie Etienne.
246 3 $aStork bites
260 $aWalnut Creek, Calif. :$bAlluvium Books,$cc2003.
300 $a343 p. ;$c23 cm.
520 $a"With unflinching humor and honesty, Etienne paints a powerful picture of her wealthy, Louisiana family--a mother, who bounces from sobriety to drunkenness, kindness to vicious cruelty, and a father who tries to protect his sons from death and his daughters from danger. Murder, insanity, suicide, and alcoholism overshadow Mardi Gras balls, Christmas celebrations, family fishing trips, and a daughter's bittersweet coming-of-age. Rising stakes threaten to topple Marie as she struggles to escape, yet understand, her mother's abusive madness. Thirty years later, Marie takes readers on a harrowing trek past the point of survival, yearning for the love she knows she cannot get from her husband, but can only hope to give to her own children" --Cover, p. 4.
600 10 $aEtienne, Marie.
650 0 $aAbused children$vBiography.
650 0 $aChildren of alcoholics$vBiography.
650 0 $aAbusive mothers$vFamily relationships.
650 0 $aFamily violence.
650 4 $aLocal authors$zContra Costa County (Calif.)
938 $aBaker & Taylor$bBKTY$c19.95$d14.96$i0974847402$n0004400734$sactive
994 $aZ0$bPMR
948 $hNO HOLDINGS IN PMR - 31 OTHER HOLDINGS