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Autore |
Dominic Magie <1944-> |
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Titolo |
The Queen of Peace room [[electronic resource] /] / Magie Dominic |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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Waterloo, Ont., : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, c2002 |
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ISBN |
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1-55458-669-0 |
1-280-92570-1 |
9786610925704 |
0-88920-833-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (129 p.) |
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Collana |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Adult child sexual abuse victims |
Women - Violence against |
Enfants victimes d'abus sexuels devenus adultes |
Violence contre les femmes |
Electronic books. |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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CONTENTS; Acknowledgments; Liturgy of the Hours; Introduction; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Epilogue; Works Cited; Afterword; Selected Texts of Related Interest(Canadian emphasis) |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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What is memory, and where is it stored in the body? Can a room be symbolic of a lifetime? Memories are like layers of your skin or layers of paint on a canvas. In The Queen of Peace Room, 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. 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 unforg |
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