Sweet Mystery: A Southern Memoir of Family Alcoholism, Mental Illness, and Recovery

by Judith Hillman Paterson

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0374524998
• ISBN13: 9780374524999
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Noonday Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.2"

Customer Reviews

A rare memoir that is not self-indulgent or self-pitying

So many memoirs by survivors of extremely disfunctional families are simply impossible to read because of the author's overwhelming desire to wallow in self-pity. This memoir is insightful and clear, hiding nothing, but the tone is never pitiful. This would be a great book to use in a classroom learning about memoir, and also a good book for therapists to use with patients learning how to deal with their own "bad deals" as children. I usually read a book and pass it along to my mother and sister; but I'm keeping this one and buying separate copies for each of them.