Book
As you were : a memoir / David Tromblay.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781950539222 (paperback)
- Physical Description: 236 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: Ann Arbor, MI : Dzanc Books, 2021.
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Tromblay, David. Indigenous men > North America > Biography. Ojibwe > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cookstown Branch | 977.00497333 Ojibw-T | 31681010227163 | NONFICPBK | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
In this hypnotic, brutal and unstoppable coming-of-age story, the author confronts the compounded traumas of his childhood, searching for the domino that fell and forced his family into the cycle of brutality and denial of their own identity. Original. - Perseus Publishing
"A book that alternates between grim reality and ribald humor. The hard hits come fast. ... An incandescent addition to both Native American letters and the literature of the Iraq and Afghan wars." -Kirkus starred reviewWhen he learns his father is dying, David Tromblay ponders what will become of the monsterâs legacy and picks up a pen to set the story straight.
In sharp and unflinching prose, he recounts his childhood bouncing between his father, who wrestles with anger, alcoholism, and a traumatic brain injury; his grandmother, who survived Indian boarding schools but mistook the corporal punishment she endured for proper child-rearing; and his mother, a part-time waitress, dancer, and locksmith, who hides from Davidâs father in church basements and the folded-down back seat of her car until winter forces her to abandon her son on his grandmotherâs doorstep.
For twelve years, he is beaten, burned, humiliated, locked in closets, lied to, molested, seen and not heard, until his talent for brutal violence meets and exceeds his fatherâs, granting him an escape.
Years later, David confronts the compounded traumas of his childhood, searching for the domino that fell and forced his family into the cycle of brutality and denial of their own identity.
A hypnotic, brutal, and unstoppable coming-of-age story echoing from within the aftershocks set off by the American Indian boarding schools of generations past, fanned by the flames of nearly fifteen years of service in the Armed Forces, exposing a series of inescapable prisons and the invisible scars of attempted erasure.When he learns his father is dying, David Tromblay ponders what will become of the monsterâs legacy and picks up a pen to set the story straight.
In sharp and unflinching prose, he recounts his childhood bouncing between his father, who wrestles with anger, alcoholism, and a traumatic brain injury; his grandmother, who survived Indian boarding schools but mistook the corporal punishment she endured for proper child-rearing; and his mother, a part-time waitress, dancer, and locksmith, who hides from Davidâs father in church basements and the folded-down back seat of her car until winter forces her to abandon her son on his grandmotherâs doorstep.
For twelve years, he is beaten, burned, humiliated, locked in closets, lied to, molested, seen and not heard, until his talent for brutal violence meets and exceeds his fatherâs, granting him an escape.
Years later, David confronts the compounded traumas of his childhood, searching for the domino that fell and forced his family into the cycle of brutality and denial of their own identity.
