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The Kiss

by Kathryn Harrison
$13.90
The Kiss
The Kiss

Intimate memoir unravels taboo familial bonds.

"The Kiss" bravely navigates the complexities of forbidden love and family trauma. Kathryn Harrison's raw honesty can be both unsettling and liberating to readers. If you're seeking a memoir that challenges societal norms while delving deep into personal conflict, this one's emotional gravity will surely resonate with you. Harrison's courage in sharing her controversial and painful story could offer a distinct perspective on the human condition and the intricacies of affection gone awry.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.

The Kiss

by Kathryn Harrison
$13.90
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ISBN: 9780679449997
Authors: Kathryn Harrison
Publisher: Random House
Date of Publication: 1997-03-04
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Biographies & Memoirs
Related Topics: Biography, Memoir, Biography Memoir, Autobiography
Goodreads rating: 3.57
(rated by 6580 readers)

Description

In this extraordinary memoir, one of the best writers in America today transforms into a work of art the darkest passage imaginable in a young woman's life: an obsessive love affair between father and daughter that began when Kathryn Harrison was twenty years old. Exquisitely and hypnotically written, like a terrifying dream, The Kiss will literally take your breath away, for the power and beauty of its creation, and for the shocking truth it reveals, a story both of taboo and of family complicity in breaking taboo. Kathryn Harrison was six months old when her father left the family, yet in his absence, this lost father haunted her youth. When Kathryn is in college, her father comes back for a bizarre family reunion - and an affair begins with a kiss, a descent into a maelstrom, during which Kathryn Harrison nearly loses her sanity and her life.
 

Intimate memoir unravels taboo familial bonds.

"The Kiss" bravely navigates the complexities of forbidden love and family trauma. Kathryn Harrison's raw honesty can be both unsettling and liberating to readers. If you're seeking a memoir that challenges societal norms while delving deep into personal conflict, this one's emotional gravity will surely resonate with you. Harrison's courage in sharing her controversial and painful story could offer a distinct perspective on the human condition and the intricacies of affection gone awry.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.