Beverly J. Armento

Seeing Eye Girl (eBook, ePUB)

A Memoir of Madness, Resilience, and Hope

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

As the "Seeing Eye Girl" for her blind, artistic, and mentally ill mother, Beverly Armento was intimately connected with and responsible for her, even though her mother physically and emotionally abused her. She was Strong Beverly at schoolexcellent in academics and mentored by caring teachersbut at home she was Weak Beverly, cowed by her mother's rage and delusions.

Beverly's mother regained her sight with two corneal transplants in 1950 and went on to enjoy a moment of fame as an artist, but these positive turns did nothing to stop her disintegration into her delusional world of communists, radiation, and lurking Italians. To survive, Beverly had to be resilient and hopeful that better days could be ahead. But first, she had to confront essential ethical issues about her caregiving role in her family.

In this emotional memoir, Beverly shares the coping strategies she invented to get herself through the trials of her young life, and the ways in which school and church served as refuges over the course of her journey. Breaking the psychological chains that bound her to her mother would prove to be the most difficult challenge of her lifeand, ultimately, the most liberating one.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: She Writes Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Juli 2022
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781647423926
• Artikelnr.: 62449569

Autorenporträt

Inspired by the many teachers who mentored her, Beverly J. Armento became an educator and enjoyed a fifty-year career working with middle-school children as well as prospective teachers. Retired now, she is Professor Emerita at Georgia State University and holds degrees from The William Paterson University, Purdue University, and Indiana University. She currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia. Seeing Eye Girl is her first book for the general public.