Seeing Eye Girl - A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope …, Bukit Batok

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Publisher: Ingram IPS
ISBN 13: 9781647423919
Condition: Brandnew
Binding: paperback
Pages: null
Dimensons: 216 x 140 x 30 | 400 (gram)

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As the “Seeing Eye Girl” for her blind, artistic, and mentally ill mother, Beverly Armento was intimately connected with and responsible for her, even though her mother physically and emotionally abused her. She was Strong Beverly at school—excellent in academics and mentored by caring teachers—but at home she was Weak Beverly, cowed by her mother’s rage and delusions.
Beverly’s mother regained her sight with two corneal transplants in 1950 and went on to enjoy a moment of fame as an artist, but these positive turns did nothing to stop her disintegration into her delusional world of communists, radiation, and lurking Italians. To survive, Beverly had to be resilient and hopeful that better days could be ahead. But first, she had to confront essential ethical issues about her caregiving role in her family.
In this emotional memoir, Beverly shares the coping strategies she invented to get herself through the trials of her young life, and the ways in which school and church served as refuges over the course of her journey. Breaking the psychological chains that bound her to her mother would prove to be the most difficult challenge of her life—and, ultimately, the most liberating one.Written for the invisible walking wounded among us who hide their pain behind smiles—and for the educators and mentors who sometimes doubt the power of their influence—Seeing Eye Girl is an inspiring story of one girl’s search for hope in an abusive, dysfunctional home, and of the teachers who empowered her.—Addresses important issues: More than two-thirds of child abuse cases are reported by teachers and other community professionals. Seeing Eye Girl illuminates the role educators have to empower children, especially those from dysfunctional homes.

—Timely, widely resonant themes: Currently, about 50 percent of people with severe psychiatric disorders receive no treatment; this memoir shines a spotlight on how the effects of this lack of treatment ripple through a family and a community.

—For readers who liked . . . The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls or The Liar’s Club by Mary Karr.
2022 Readers’ Favorite Book Awards Honorable Mention in Non-Fiction (Autobiography)2022 IPPY Awards Bronze Winner in Autobiography II (Coming of Age/Family)“Is it possible that a story of chronic abuse at the hands of a mentally unstable mother can be beautiful? Seeing Eye Girl proves that the answer is yes. Armento’s masterful prose and her penchant for the revealing detail make her account illuminating. This book is a testament to the human spirit that will not be denied fulfilling its potential. Armento gives witness to the hard fact that we sometimes have ...