How to Cook Your Daughter: A MemoirHarper Collins, 6. okt 2009 - 288 pages From the daughter of the bestselling author of Father Joe: the poignant and ultimately hopeful memoir of a young girl’s struggle to live a normal childhood in the chaotic seventies, and to overcome sexual abuse by her famous father After more than thirty years of silence, Hendra has decided to reveal the truth. In this poignant memoir, she reveals the full story behind the New York Times article that rocked the world and detailed her father’s crimes. But Jessica’s story is no footnote to her father’s story. No One Was Listening is also the inspiring story of her own journey, and how she was finally able to find healing within, after years of struggling with anorexia, bulimia, and low self-esteem. Set against the backdrop of the chaotic seventies, Hendra’s memoir follows Jessica and her sister Kathy as they strove to make a normal life for themselves amidst the madness, sex, and drug abuse that her parents and their friends—many of the household names in the world of show business—participated in. No One Was Listening reveals the hope and heartache of a young girl who was faced with a loss of innocence at an early age, who faced a slow and painful recovery, and who finally found contentment and peace within. |
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... Daddy ? " I asked . " It's still dark . ” " We have to leave before the landlord wakes up , " he said matter- of - factly . " He's a vampire and just went to bed . " I was still groggy but that woke me up . " Oh , " I said , not sure if ...
... Daddy told Kathy and me that the men who had gotten our car started were guardian an- gels of the desert , waiting under the scorching sun to help people like us . " The Mechanic Angels , " he called them . The VW averaged two ...
... Daddy turned off his typewriter , stood from his desk , and held out his hand . The veins shone greenish - blue against the pale whiteness of his skin . They seemed like huge , protruding pipes just under his flesh . When I looked ...
... Daddy hadn't gone New York to work , he would create the most incredible bedtime stories . " All right girls , what will it be tonight ? " he would ask . " The Adventures of Sergeant Teddy ! " I'd yell . " Elizabeth Big Foot ! " Kathy ...
... Daddy became livid when he learned that we were saying the Pledge of Allegiance . " You girls are not even American for fuck's sake . ( Actually , I was , but Kathy had been born in England ) . I don't want my children pledging ...