Faces of Denial

A Memoir

Jill B Root

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English

Jill B. Root
01 June 2021

Sexual abuse & harassment; Care of the mentally ill; The self, ego, identity, personality; Coping with illness; Self-help & personal development

In a remarkable memoir that reads like a novel, Jill Root's mind shattered without warning one morning, and a strange child's voice crashed like a stone through the surface of her apparently normal life. Beneath that surface lay an abyss of confusion and denial that ripped Jill's consciousness into unrecognizable pieces that would take years of work with three very different therapists to reassemble.

The mystery of her symptoms unfolds layer by layer, along with her struggle to accept a reality quite different from the idyllic childhood she had believed in. Dialogues with her charismatic father and emotionally distant mother create portraits of denial, and actual transcriptions of therapy sessions provide unique insight into the process of healing. This book will give reassurance and hope to survivors of trauma, and guidance to the partners and mental health professionals who struggle to help them.

By: Jill B Root
Imprint: Jill B. Root
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 18mm
Weight: 472g
ISBN: 9781087878300
ISBN 10: 1087878306
Pages: 322
Publication Date: 01 June 2021
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

For forty years Jill Root was an editor and publications manager for environmental consulting firms, government contractors, and academic publishers. She is the author of Play Without Pain: A Manual of Playground Safety; Interstate 90: A Guide to Points of Interest You Can See Without Stopping; and scripts for three educational multimedia CD-ROMs: Lewis and Clark Rediscovery; Centuries of Scenic Byways; and El Camino Real. She enjoys a busy retirement near her children and grandchildren in a Northern California suburb with her husband and her English Labrador Retriever.

Reviews for Faces of Denial: A Memoir

"""In her dazzling new memoir The Faces of Denial, we meet the irresistible child called Me-My- Own-Self and the fiercely competent Sergeant Jill, as well as others who are parts of the brilliant author. As strong a writer as she is a person, Jill Root brings us all we can desire as readers: a fascinating account made of multiple characters, a mystery at the heart of the story, and an ending that will make you laugh and cry at once."" --HILDA RAZ, author of Letter from a Place I've Never Been: Collected and New Poems, and What Becomes You: A Memoir, with Aaron Raz Link ""Faces of Denial sings off the page. Jill B. Root writes with passion and perfect pacing, sweeping the reader along with her into a labyrinth of family secrets. I admire this memoir tremendously--it's a triumph!"" --LYNN C. MILLER, author of the novels The Day After Death and The Unmasking. ""In her stunning memoir, Jill Root takes us on a journey through dark hallways of remembering and then healing the aftermaths of childhood abuse. To my colleagues who pathologize what we call 'Dissociative Identity Disorder, ' and to the ones who deny its existence at all, take heed. This book is a game changer.""--TINA CARLSON, Clinical Nurse Specialist, Psychiatry, Author of Ground, Wind, This Body"