A collection of provocative stories explores the pleasures and rituals of dominance and submission and articulates the psychological desires that direct people into this type of relationship
Elissa Wald Books
Elissa Wald's writing delves into provocative themes, drawing from a life rich with unconventional experiences. Her prose is marked by unflinching honesty and a perspective forged in unusual circumstances. Through her work, she explores the complexities of human connection and the search for truth across diverse life paths. She offers readers a distinctive voice that navigates challenging narratives with raw insight.
American Daughter
- 288 pages
- 11 hours of reading
"A STORY OF REDEMPTION AND FORGIVENESS"--NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW For 50 years, Stephanie Plymale kept her past a fiercely guarded secret. No one outside her immediate family would have guessed that her childhood was fraught with every imaginable hardship: a mentally ill mother who was in and out of jails and psych wards throughout Stephanie's formative years, neglect, hunger, poverty, homelessness, truancy, foster homes, a harrowing lack of medical care, and ongoing sexual abuse. Stephanie, in turn, knew very little about the past of her mother, from whom she remained estranged during most of her adult life. All this changed with a phone call that set a journey of discovery in motion, leading to a series of shocking revelations that forced Stephanie to revise the meaning of almost every aspect of her very compromised childhood. American Daughter is at once the deeply moving memoir of a troubled mother-daughter relationship and a meditation on trauma, resilience, transcendence, and redemption. Stephanie's story is unique but its messages are universal, offering insight into what it means to survive, to rise above, to heal, and to forgive.
