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005			20240726105225.0
008			190604s2019 xx a o 000 0 eng d
040			_aTEFOD _beng _erda _epn _cTEFOD _dNT
020			_a9781632061843 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)
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050	0	4	_aRC560 _b.B639 2019
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aTalusan, Grace, _e1
245	1	0	_aThe body papers : _ba memoir / _cGrace Talusan.
250			_aFirst Restless Books hardcover edition.
260			_aNew York : _bRestless Books Incorporated, _c(c)2019.
300			_a1 online resource (xi, 255 pages) : _billustrations.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	0		_aBorn in the Philippines, young Grace Talusan moves with her family to a New England suburb in the 1970s. At school, she confronts racism as one of the few kids with a brown face. At home, the confusion is worse: her grandfather's nightly visits to her room leave her hurt and terrified, and she learns to build a protective wall of silence that maps onto the larger silence practiced by her Catholic Filipino family. Talusan learns as a teenager that her family's legal status in the country has always hung by a thread--for a time, they were "illegal." Family, she's told, must be put first. The abuse and trauma Talusan suffers as a child affects all her relationships, her mental health, and her relationship with her own body. Later, she learns that her family history is threaded with violence and abuse. And she discovers another devastating family thread: cancer. In her thirties, Talusan must decide whether to undergo preventive surgeries to remove her breasts and ovaries. Despite all this, she finds love, and success as a teacher. On a fellowship, Talusan and her husband return to the Philippines, where she revisits her family's ancestral home and tries to reclaim a lost piece of herself. Not every family legacy is destructive. From her parents, Talusan has learned to tell stories in order to continue. The generosity of spirit and literary acuity of this debut memoir are a testament to her determination and resilience. In excavating and documenting such abuse and trauma, Talusan gives voice to unspeakable experience, and shines a light of hope into the darkness.
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600	1	0	_aTalusan, Grace.
650		0	_aSexual abuse victims _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650		0	_aCancer _xPatients _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650		0	_aFilipinos _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
650		0	_aImmigrants _zGreat Britain _vBiography.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=2126251&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell