█ My Lie is a wrenchingly honest, unexpectedly witty, and profoundly human story that proves the personal indeed political can become painfully كتاب A True Story of False Memory مجاناً PDF اونلاين 2024 Meredith Maran lived daughter's nightmare: she accused her father sexual abuse, then realized, nearly too late, he was innocent During 1980s 1990s, tens thousands Americans became convinced they had repressed memories childhood then, decades later, recovered those in therapy Journalist, mother, daughter one them Her accusation estrangement from caused sons to grow up without their only grandfather, divided family into who believed didn't, led isolate herself on "Planet Incest," where "survivors" devoted lives, life savings, recovering events never occurred
❞ Exploring the psychological, cultural, and neuroscientific causes of this modern American witch-hunt, My Lie asks: how could so many people come to believe the same lie at the same time? What has neuroscience discovered about the brain\\˝s capacity to create false memories and encode false beliefs? What are the ˝big lies˝ gaining traction in American culture today--and how can we keep them from taking hold؟ . ❝
❞ Maran unveils her family˝s devastation and ultimate redemption against the backdrop of the sex-abuse scandals, beginning with the infamous McMartin preschool trial, that sent hundreds of innocents to jail--several of whom remain imprisoned today . ❝
❞ With her keen eye for contradictions, Meredith Maran finds our new realities in surprising on a racquetball court facing an unyielding female opponent; before a classroom of high school students, openly discussing her bisexuality; in a courtroom during a sexual abuse trial. Through her singular experiences she illuminates the issues millions of women confront her thorny relationship with her mother; the politics of flirting; the struggle to raise caring, responsible children in the face of racism and violence.
This is writing we need
-alive with humor and emotion and totally engaged with the life of our times . ❝