The S Word - by Paolina Milana (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>An insider's account of growing up with a schizophrenic mother, and the disastrous toll the illness--and her Sicilian Catholic family's code of secrecy--takes upon her young life.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In accordance with her Sicilian Catholic family's unspoken code, Paolina Milana learned at an early age to keep her secrets locked away where no one could find them. Nobody outside the family needed to know about the voices her Mamma battled in her head; or about how Paolina forged her birth certificate at thirteen so she could get a job at The Donut Shop; or about the police officer twenty-six years her senior whose promise to her Papà to "keep an eye on her" quickly translated into something sinister. And perhaps that's why no one saw it coming when--on the eve of her sweet sixteen, pushed to edge--Paolina attempted to take her own mother's life. Raw and compelling, <i>The S Word</i> is the true story of a girl who nearly suffocates in the silence she was taught to value above all else--until she finally finds the strength to break free of the secrets binding her and save herself.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Emotionally powerful and so evocative of place and time, Paolina Milana's <i>The S-Word</i> is hard to forget. The drama of the story stays with you long after the last page is turned." <br>--Samantha Dunn, author of <i>Failing Paris</i> and <i>Not By Accident</i>.<br>
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