By Rachel Sontag
This is the true story of the author’s experiences growing up in an extremely dysfunctional family. Although Rachel, her sister and her parents appeared picture perfect to friends and family members, this illusion could not have been further from the truth. Rachel’s father, a respected physician, was a very sick person, obsessed with controlling and tormenting his family to the point of emotional abuse. Twelve year old Rachel is his usual target, forced to obey a list of written rules posted in the kitchen, and endure painful, insulting nightly interrogation sessions. Although Rachel’s mother makes a couple of halfhearted attempts to divorce her husband, she is ultimately unable to end her marriage despite its emotional toll on her children.
I’d recommend this book to readers of Jeanette Wall’s The Glass Castle, another story of abuse.
This is the true story of the author’s experiences growing up in an extremely dysfunctional family. Although Rachel, her sister and her parents appeared picture perfect to friends and family members, this illusion could not have been further from the truth. Rachel’s father, a respected physician, was a very sick person, obsessed with controlling and tormenting his family to the point of emotional abuse. Twelve year old Rachel is his usual target, forced to obey a list of written rules posted in the kitchen, and endure painful, insulting nightly interrogation sessions. Although Rachel’s mother makes a couple of halfhearted attempts to divorce her husband, she is ultimately unable to end her marriage despite its emotional toll on her children.
I’d recommend this book to readers of Jeanette Wall’s The Glass Castle, another story of abuse.
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