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Diane: True Survivor

Ward V.B. Lassoe

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Description:"Diane: True Survivor" is based on a series of interviews I did with Diane when she and I were classmates in graduate school. The details of her life story read like fiction, but they’re all very real. Diane is born in 1960 to a prostitute in London. When she’s an infant, her mother tries to kill both Diane and herself in a failed suicide attempt. Diane’s mother is committed to a mental asylum, and Diane is sent to a British orphanage. At age nine, her life is uprooted when her mother unexpectedly appears and regains custody of Diane. After Diane’s mother was released from the asylum, she married an American soldier and moved with him to the South Bronx in New York. Diane experiences major culture shock in this abrupt move from an English village to an American ghetto, but it soon gets much worse. She endures physical and emotional abuse from her mother and sexual abuse from her stepfather. Diane gets pregnant at 13 and runs away from home. Along the way, she encounters a series of "angels" who help her survive on the streets. They include a love-struck, teenage paraplegic and a half-bald lesbian poet. Despite a series of abusive romantic relationships, Diane manages to create a new life for herself. She raises eight children (three biological and five adopted), and she finally finds happiness when she reunites with the father of her first child. He has kicked his long-time heroin addiction, but they soon learn that he is HIV-positive. They have 10 years together before he dies. After his death, Diane finds strength in her new sense of religious faith. The book concludes when Diane's mother suddenly reappears in her life. Despite the years of abuse when she was a child, Diane eventually forgives her mother and invites her into her home. As they make a new life together, Diane's story becomes one of grace and mercy. "Diane: True Survivor" also offers an interesting perspective on race relations. Diane is white but lives almost all her life in an African-American culture. All her children are either mixed race or African-American. I conducted the interviews with Diane 10 years ago, and we tried to get the book published at that time without any luck. Unfortunately, Diane died unexpectedly two years ago. Her death prompted me to renew my effort to get the book published as a tribute to her.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Diane: True Survivor. To get started finding Diane: True Survivor, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: "Diane: True Survivor" is based on a series of interviews I did with Diane when she and I were classmates in graduate school. The details of her life story read like fiction, but they’re all very real. Diane is born in 1960 to a prostitute in London. When she’s an infant, her mother tries to kill both Diane and herself in a failed suicide attempt. Diane’s mother is committed to a mental asylum, and Diane is sent to a British orphanage. At age nine, her life is uprooted when her mother unexpectedly appears and regains custody of Diane. After Diane’s mother was released from the asylum, she married an American soldier and moved with him to the South Bronx in New York. Diane experiences major culture shock in this abrupt move from an English village to an American ghetto, but it soon gets much worse. She endures physical and emotional abuse from her mother and sexual abuse from her stepfather. Diane gets pregnant at 13 and runs away from home. Along the way, she encounters a series of "angels" who help her survive on the streets. They include a love-struck, teenage paraplegic and a half-bald lesbian poet. Despite a series of abusive romantic relationships, Diane manages to create a new life for herself. She raises eight children (three biological and five adopted), and she finally finds happiness when she reunites with the father of her first child. He has kicked his long-time heroin addiction, but they soon learn that he is HIV-positive. They have 10 years together before he dies. After his death, Diane finds strength in her new sense of religious faith. The book concludes when Diane's mother suddenly reappears in her life. Despite the years of abuse when she was a child, Diane eventually forgives her mother and invites her into her home. As they make a new life together, Diane's story becomes one of grace and mercy. "Diane: True Survivor" also offers an interesting perspective on race relations. Diane is white but lives almost all her life in an African-American culture. All her children are either mixed race or African-American. I conducted the interviews with Diane 10 years ago, and we tried to get the book published at that time without any luck. Unfortunately, Diane died unexpectedly two years ago. Her death prompted me to renew my effort to get the book published as a tribute to her.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Diane: True Survivor. To get started finding Diane: True Survivor, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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