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Lädt ... Sink: A Memoirvon Joseph Earl Thomas
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. [3.25] This heart-breaking coming of age saga started out on impressively firm footing. But for reasons I’m struggling to pinpoint, my interest waned in the second half. Some have praised the book’s third-person narrative as a creative structure for a memoir. Unfortunately, it didn’t quite work me. There was also something about the writing style that didn’t let me fully connect with the character. It felt disjointed in spots. ( ) A gut wrenching memoir about trying to find familial love and acceptance despite a toxic and turbulent upbringing. Often ditched at his "grandparents" house because of his mother's crack addiction, Joey was forced to mature early and make space for himself in a household filled with toxic masculinity, hunger, drugs, and sexual activity. With roaches invading every conceivable space, the fridge nearly always empty, and vitriol being thrown his way; Joseph retreated into the worlds of anime and video games - trying to make sense of his life through their fantasy. Sink is told through a series of poignant vignettes - each more unsettling and upsetting than the next. It's a brutal, violent, deprecating childhood that will shock many listeners, yet nestled within the book there is hope and humor. Joey managed to survive and eventually thrive despite the odds being stacked against him as a poor, young, Black boy in Philadelphia. Narrated beautifully by the author himself - this audiobook may be a painful listen but it's necessary. Sink is fantastically written and eloquent in its despair and dysfunction; a rose amongst the thorns. The language and writing style elevate the story into a memoir that is truly a work of art. nonfiction/memoir - riveting account, told in 3rd person, about young boy (from about 6-13yrs old) growing up in Chicago with an absent, crack-addicted mother in the household of his (also crack-addicted) grandmother and her boyfriend, with his younger siblings. There's never enough food, but plenty of beatings--he is bullied by practically everyone--and with no one to stand up for him it's a heartbreaking, utterly miserable childhood. Fortunately he develops a thirst for knowledge and a love of words (thanks mostly to videogames) and survives to tell the story here. Zeige 5 von 5 keine Rezensionen | Rezension hinzufügen
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"Stranded in a volatile, ever-shifting family, saddled with a mercurial mother mired in crack addiction, and demeaned daily for his perceived weakness, Joseph Earl Thomas was under constant threat. Roaches fell from the ceiling, colonizing bowls of noodles and cereal boxes. Fists and palms pounded down at school and at home, leaving welts that ached long after they disappeared. An inescapable hunger gnawed at his frequently empty stomach, and requests for food were often met with indifference if not open hostility. Deemed too unlike the other boys to ever gain the acceptance he so desperately desired, he began to escape into fantasy and virtual worlds, wells of happiness in a childhood assailed at all sides. In a series of exacting and fierce vignettes, Thomas guides readers through the unceasing cruelty that defined his circumstances, laying bare the depths of his loneliness and illuminating the vital reprieve geek culture offered him. With remarkable tenderness and devastating clarity, he explores how lessons of toxic masculinity were drilled into his body and the way the cycle of violence permeated the very fabric of his environment. Still, he carves out unexpected moments of joy, from summers where he was freed from the injurious structures of his surroundings to the first glimpses of community he caught on his journey to becoming a Pokémon champion. SINK follows Thomas's coming-of-age towards an understanding of what it means not to fit in - with his immediate peers, or his turbulent family - and traces his first attempts at communion with other like-minded people, and solidarity, and eventually, salvation"-- Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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Google Books — Lädt ... GenresMelvil Decimal System (DDC)372.37Social sciences Education Primary education (Elementary education) Knowledge, computer science, library and information sciences, science, technology Personal health and safety, social skillsKlassifikation der Library of Congress [LCC] (USA)BewertungDurchschnitt:
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