{"product_id":"being-mean-patricia-eagle-9781631525193","title":"Being Mean: A Memoir of Sexual Abuse and Survival","description":"\u003ci\u003eBeing Mean\u003c\/i\u003e is about learning how to acknowledge and live with incomprehensible experiences in the healthiest ways possible. Told in vignettes relative to markers of age and experience, Patricia Eagle reveals the heartbreak and destruction of sexual abuse, from age four to thirteen, by her father. Eagle uses dissociation and numbing in response to his abusive behavior, her mother's complacency, and as a way to block her own sense of self. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow does a child come to know what is safe or unsafe, right or wrong, normal or abnormal? How does a young woman learn the difference between real love and a desire for sexual pleasure stimulated by abusive childhood sexual experiences? Careening through life, Eagle wonders how to trust others and, most importantly, herself. As a mature woman struggling to understand and live with her past, she remains earnest in her pursuit of clarity, compassion, and trust.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patricia Eagle\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1631525190\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781631525193\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e She Writes Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/11\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 376\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/14\/2019","brand":"Patricia Eagle","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43979452514559,"sku":"9781631525193","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_66141b89-de64-4636-b851-85bc618ce525.jpg?v=1683245623","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/being-mean-patricia-eagle-9781631525193","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}