One sunny afternoon : a memoir of trauma and healing
Book |
Viking,
[Toronto] :
2023.
- 3 of 3 Copies Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 0 current holds with 3 total copies.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Centennial | BIO JETTE 2023 | Biographies | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Port Colborne | B JET | Non-Fiction | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
| Welland Main | 616.85210092 Jette | Biography | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
For writer and human rights advocate Rowan Jette Knox, the inspiring story of his family's journey of love and acceptance, when both his child and partner came out as transgender one after the other, was the hopeful beginning to their new lives. Their tale, shared in Rowan's memoir Love Lives Here and embraced by readers everywhere, quickly found its way to the top of bestseller lists. Yet in the spring of 2020, Rowan began to experience targeted attacks on social media, and he soon became the subject of a small but very vocal group that criticized his book's success and his advocacy work. The intensity of the backlash grew and drove Rowan to contemplate suicide. But instead of taking his life, on one sunny afternoon, he went to the hospital to seek help. One Sunny Afternoon is a searing testament to Rowan Jette Knox's extraordinary reckoning of his past and present to find hope in his future. Triggered by the online harassment, he wades through his personal history and details the incidents of violence, addiction and sexual assault that have haunted him. When Rowan eventually receives a complex trauma disorder diagnosis and dedicates himself to recovery, he emerges with newfound strength, resiliency and confidence. One Sunny Afternoon is a profoundly moving and candid account of how trauma can shape us rather than define us, and reveals how even in our darkest moments-and on our most hopeless days-light can find its way in.
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Details
- ISBN: 9780735244634
- Physical Description: 324 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: [Toronto] : Viking, 2023.