Prisoner of Her Past: A Son's Memoir by Reich, Howard

Prisoner of Her Past: A Son's Memoir (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780810127951)

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Format: Paperback
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Prisoner of Her Past: A Son's Memoir by Reich, Howard

Prisoner of Her Past: A Son's Memoir

$19.95
Prisoner of Her Past: A Son's Memoir by Reich, Howard

Prisoner of Her Past: A Son's Memoir

$19.95
Format: Paperback
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Until February 15, 2001, Howard Reich's mother, Sonia, had managed to keep almost everything about her experience of the Holocaust from her son. That night, she packed some clothes and fled her house in Skokie, Illinois, convinced that someone was trying to kill her. This was the first indication that she was suffering from late-onset post traumatic stress disorder, a little-known condition that can emerge decades after the initial trauma. For Howard, it was also the opening of a window onto his mother's past.

In Prisoner of Her Past, Howard Reich has written a moving memoir about growing up as the child of Holocaust survivors and finding refuge from silence and fear in the world of jazz. It is only when Sonia's memories overwhelm her and Howard begins to piece together her story that he comes to understand how his parents' lives shaped his own. The paperback edition includes an epilogue by the author that relates developments since the publication of the cloth edition.

Author: Howard Reich
ISBN-10: 0810127954
ISBN-13: 9780810127951
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Language: English
Published: 09/30/2011
Pages: 224
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.25h x 5.55w x 0.64d
By Howard Reich
By Howard Reich
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Howard Reich has been an award-winning Chicago Tribune arts critic and writer since 1983. He is also a correspondent for DownBeat magazine. In addition to covering jazz, blues, gospel, and world music for the Tribune, he has authored several investigative reports that have been featured on ABC's Nightline and various National Public Radio programs. He is the author of three other books: The First and Final Nightmare of Sonia Reich: A Son's Memoir (2006); Jelly's Blues: The Life, Music, and Redemption of Jelly Roll Morton (2003), written with William Gaines; and Van Cliburn (1993). He most recently wrote, produced, and narrated a documentary film about his mother's unspoken Holocaust childhood, Prisoner of Her Past. Reich graduated from Northwestern University's School of Music.

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