In the dream house a memoir

The author's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense...

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Main Author: Machado, Carmen Maria (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Minneapolis, Minnesota : Graywolf Press, 2019.
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Summary: The author's engrossing and wildly innovative account of a relationship gone bad, and a bold dissection of the mechanisms and cultural representations of psychological abuse. Tracing the full arc of a harrowing relationship with a charismatic but volatile woman, Machado struggles to make sense of how what happened to her shaped the person she was becoming.
Physical Description: 247 pages ; 24 cm
ISBN: 9781644450031
1644450038
9781644450383
Author Notes: Carmen Maria Machado is the author of Her Body and Other Parties , which was a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of the National Book Critics Circle's John Leonard Prize. She lives in Philadelphia with her wife.