How to Cook Your Daughter: A MemoirHarper Collins, 2009 M10 6 - 288 pages From the daughter of the bestselling author of Father Joe: the poignant and ultimately hopeful memoir of a young girl’s struggle to live a normal childhood in the chaotic seventies, and to overcome sexual abuse by her famous father After more than thirty years of silence, Hendra has decided to reveal the truth. In this poignant memoir, she reveals the full story behind the New York Times article that rocked the world and detailed her father’s crimes. But Jessica’s story is no footnote to her father’s story. No One Was Listening is also the inspiring story of her own journey, and how she was finally able to find healing within, after years of struggling with anorexia, bulimia, and low self-esteem. Set against the backdrop of the chaotic seventies, Hendra’s memoir follows Jessica and her sister Kathy as they strove to make a normal life for themselves amidst the madness, sex, and drug abuse that her parents and their friends—many of the household names in the world of show business—participated in. No One Was Listening reveals the hope and heartache of a young girl who was faced with a loss of innocence at an early age, who faced a slow and painful recovery, and who finally found contentment and peace within. |
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... heard the little voice , the one that told me I had lied . But it was coming from beside me . “ Mommy , doesn't ' relation ' mean someone in your family ? " It was Julia , my six - year - old fact - checker . " Yes , it does mean that ...
... heard his voice , I was reminded of how very complicated our re- lationship had become . One day it might have been the way he said " Dad , " drawing out the sounds and ending strong on the last " d . " Or the fact that he con- tinued ...
... heard his voice , each time I saw him , I would simply try to preoccupy myself by focusing on the trees to avoid the forest , to try to escape the question that nagged at me : Should I have this man in my life at all after what he did ...
... was asked to name the child , he announced - much to the horror of the assembled relations- " I name the child Doris . " And Doris she would stay . When I heard the story some years ago from my mother , I asked , 12 JESSICA HENDRA.
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