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Projection : encounters with my runaway mother / Priscila Uppal.
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- ISBN: 9781771022743 (paperback) :
- Physical Description: 270 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
- Publisher: Toronto : Dundurn, 2013.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 819.154 Uppal | 31681002546653 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
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Abandoned in childhood, Priscila Uppal, reunites with her long lost mother after a twenty-year absence. - Ingram Publishing Services
2013 Governor Generalâs Literary Award â Shortlisted, Non-Fiction
2013 Hilary Weston Writersâ Trust â Shortlisted, Non-Fiction
Projection is the story of this mother-daughter meeting in Brazil, of how two strangers, connected by little more than blood, spent ten days together trying to build a relationship.
In 1977, Priscila Uppalâs father drank contaminated water in Antigua and within 48 hours was a quadriplegic. Priscila was two years old. Five years later, her mother, Theresa, drained the familyâs bank accounts and disappeared to Brazil. After two attempts to abduct her children, Theresa had no further contact with the family.
In 2002, Priscila happened on her motherâs website, which featured a childhood photograph of Priscila and her brother. A few weeks later, Priscila summoned the nerve to contact the woman whoâd abandoned her.
The emotional reunion was alternately shocking, hopeful, humorous, and devastating, as Priscila came to realize that not only did she not love her mother, she didnât even like her.
Projection is a visceral, precisely written, brutally honest memoir that takes a probing look at a very unusual mother-daughter relationship, yet offers genuine comfort to all facing their own turbulent and unresolved familial relationships.
