{"product_id":"the-queen-of-the-peace-magie-dominic-9780889204171","title":"The Queen of the Peace Room","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat is memory, and where is it stored in the body? Can a room be symbolic of a lifetime? \u003cbr\u003e Memories are like layers of your skin or layers of paint on a canvas. In \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of Peace Room\u003c\/i\u003e, Magie Dominic peels away these layers as she explores her life, that of a Newfoundlander turned New Yorker, an artist and a writer -- and frees herself from the memories of her violent past. \u003cbr\u003e On an eight-day retreat with Catholic nuns in a remote location safe from the outside world, she exposes, and captures, fifty years of violent memories and weaves them into a tapestry of unforgettable images. The room she inhabits while there is called The Queen of Peace Room; it becomes, for her, a room of sanctuary. She examines Newfoundland in the 1940s and 1950s and New York in the 1960s; her confrontations with violence, incest, and rape; the devastating loss of friends to AIDS; and the relationship between life and art. These memories she finds stored alongside memories of nature's images of trees pulling themselves up from their roots and fleeing the forest; storms and ley lines, and skies bursting with star-like eyes. \u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Queen of Peace Room\u003c\/i\u003e, from a very personal perspective, Magie Dominic explores violence against women in the second half of the twentieth century, and in doing so unearths the memory of a generation. In eight days, she captures half a century.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Magie Dominic\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0889204179\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780889204171\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilfrid Laurier University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/18\/2002\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 114\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eUniv PR Books for Public Libry\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2003 pg. 36 - Strongly Recommended","brand":"Magie Dominic","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44120424415487,"sku":"9780889204171","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_31f2e9bb-04a0-4c4e-8db9-746234c05751.jpg?v=1687414232","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-queen-of-the-peace-magie-dominic-9780889204171","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}