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Fuse de Hollay Ghadery

Fuse

Autor Hollay Ghadery
en Limba Engleză Paperback – mai 2021
Drawing on her own experiences as a woman of Iranian and British Isle descent, writer Hollay Ghadery dives into conflicts and uncertainty surrounding the bi-racial female body and identity, especially as it butts up against the disparate expectations of each culture. Painfully and at times, reluctantly, Fuse probes and explores the documented prevalence of mental health issues in bi-racial women.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781771835923
ISBN-10: 1771835923
Pagini: 150
Dimensiuni: 152 x 229 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Guernica Editions
Colecția MiroLand
Locul publicării:Canada

Recenzii

"Hollay Ghadery’s edgy, compelling memoir Fuse explores her mixed race (Iranian/seventh generation British Isles) heritage and her resulting search for her identity in light of the expectations of her complex bi-racial family and a sometimes unfriendly mainstream culture. This leads her into an addiction to perfection, a drive to hone her body and order her physical environment. Her analysis of these drives is incisive and compassionate. Iranian aunts, Persian food and snatches of Farsi help give the book its charm. The struggles of a young woman to define herself and find her life give the book its urgency. A powerful, impressive début." —EIizabeth Greene, author of A Season Among Psychics

 

"I cannot find enough superlatives to describe the savage clarity, the gorgeous language, and the remarkable depth of insight contained in this courageous book. It took my breath away." —Diane Schomperlen, Governor General Award winner and author of This is Not My Life: A Memoir of Love, Prison, and Other Complications

 

"A searing account of the impact of toxic masculinity on a vulnerable young girl's psyche. Hollay, born to an Iranian father and a White mother, explodes onto the page with her coming of age story. Told with wit and verve, Hollay zig zags through the minefield of familial and cultural expectations set for girl children in the 1980s and 90s, all the while battling an inherited vulnerability to mental illness. Hollay's heroic story to find her authentic self is, at turns, zany, heart-breaking, and profound. A must read." —Nila Gupta, author of The Sherpa and Other Fictions, nominated for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize (2009)

I cannot find enough superlatives to describe the savage clarity, the gorgeous language, and the remarkable depth of insight contained in this courageous book. It took my breath away.

Fuse is a gripping testimony about the toll of split allegiances, gendered double binds, and conflicting cultural expectations.

I loved Fuse. Ghadery’s writing is raw and beautiful; the tiny details she includes in each story bring you closer to her, and she bravely allows you in. She offers a unique and much-needed perspective on multiraciality and her experience of a bi-cultural life, as well as mental health and addiction, motherhood, and personal growth. I highly recommend it.

A searing account of the impact of toxic masculinity on a vulnerable young girl's psyche. Hollay, born to an Iranian father and a White mother, explodes onto the page with her coming of age story. Told with wit and verve, Hollay zig zags through the minefield of familial and cultural expectations set for girl children in the 1980's and 90’s, all the while battling an inherited vulnerability to mental illness. Hollay's heroic story to find her authentic self is, at turns, zany, heart-breaking, and profound. A must read.

Valuable lessons emerge from Ghadery’s complex identity struggles. Exercise, medication, natural remedies, therapy, love for and from her own family, and the support of other women help Ghadery heal and grow. While her first three children have her husband’s last name, Ghadery gives her fourth child, a son, her last name. The act of naming is empowering, unlike accepting or rejecting labels from others.

So, far from being a dispassionate investigation, the narrative became a series of windows into Ghadery’s own personal struggles with these conditions. The effect is informative and often moving. The lack of linearity in the narrative has the effect of immersing the reader more into what she is going through, without the sense that there will be inevitable improvement or change. One feels just the immediacy of the moment. This sometimes leads to a lack of chronological clarity, but in the main it intensifies the reader’s experience.