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Heroes in my head : a memoir / Judy Rebick.
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- ISBN: 9781487003579 (paperback)
- Physical Description: x, 273 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly colour), facsimiles ; 22 cm
- Publisher: Toronto : Anansi, 2018.
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| Genre: | Autobiographies. Biographies. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 305.42092 Rebic | 31681010096725 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
The renowned feminist details the struggles with depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder than led her develop eleven different personalities to cope the effects of her childhood sexual abuse and eventually emerge as public activist for womenâs rights. Original. - Blackwell Publishing
A courageous, moving, and powerful memoir from one of Canada's best-known feminists, Heroes in My Head is the incredible untold story of Judy Rebick's struggle with depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder
In this riveting memoir, renowned feminist Judy Rebick tells the story of the eleven personalities she developed in order to help her cope with, and survive, childhood sexual abuse. In Heroes in My Head, Rebick chronicles her struggle with depression in the 1980s, when she became a high-profile spokesperson for the pro-choice movement during the fight to legalize abortion. It was in the 1990s, when she took on her biggest challenge as a public figure by becoming president of the National Action Committee on the Status of Women, that her memories began to surface and became too persistent to ignore
Rebick reveals her moment of discovery: meeting the eleven personalities; uncovering her repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse; and then communicating with each personality in therapy and on the page in a journal --- all of this while she was leading high-profile national struggles against a Conservative government
Heroes in My Head is a fascinating, heartbreaking, but ultimately empowering story. With courage and honesty, Rebick lays bare the public and private battles that have shaped her life - Perseus Publishing
A courageous, moving, and powerful memoir from a renowned feminist activist, Heroes in My Head is the incredible untold story of Judy Rebickâs struggle with depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder.
- Perseus Publishing
A courageous, moving, and powerful memoir from a renowned feminist activist, Heroes in My Head is the incredible untold story of Judy Rebickâs struggle with depression and Dissociative Identity Disorder.
In this riveting memoir, renowned feminist Judy Rebick tells the story of the eleven personalities she developed in order to help her cope with, and survive, childhood sexual abuse. In Heroes in My Head, Rebick chronicles her struggle with depression in the 1980s, when she became a high-profile spokesperson for the pro-choice movement during the fight to legalize abortion. It was in the 1990s, when she took on her biggest challenge as a public figure by becoming president of a major womenâs rights association, that her memories began to surface and became too persistent to ignore.
Rebick reveals her moment of discovery: meeting the eleven personalities; uncovering her repressed memories of childhood sexual abuse; and then communicating with each personality in therapy and on the page in a journal â all of this while she is leading high-profile national struggles.
Heroes in My Head is a fascinating, heartbreaking, but ultimately empowering story. With courage and honesty, Rebick lays bare the public and private battles that have shaped her life.
