LEADER 03624cam a2200505Ii 4500001 274102 005 20240621234000.0 008 171027t20172017bcc b 000 0deng d 020 1987915577 020 9781987915570 |q(softcover) 035 (OCoLC)on1028039350 035 274102 049 LHMA 040 STF |beng |erda |cSTF |dOCLCF |dG8V |dTJC |dOCL |dLHM 050 4 RC451.4.H62 |bS53 2017 090 RC451.4.H62 |bS54 2017 100 1 Sicherman, Claire, |eauthor. 245 10 Imprint : |ba memoir of trauma in the third generation / |cClaire Sicherman. 264 1 Halfmoon Bay, BC : |bCaitlin Press, |c[2017] 264 4 |c©2017 300 207 pages ; |c21 cm 336 text |btxt |2rdacontent 337 unmediated |bn |2rdamedia 338 volume |bnc |2rdacarrier 504 Includes bibliographical references (pages 204-205). 520 "The emotional unravelling of a mind, body and soul - a remarkably new and original take on surviving the Holocaust three generations later. Imprint is a profound and courageous exploration of trauma, family, and the importance of breaking silence and telling stories. This book is a fresh and startling combination of history and personal revelation. When her son almost died at birth and her grandmother passed away, something inside of Claire Sicherman snapped. Her body, which had always felt weighed down by unknown hurt, suddenly suffered from chronic health conditions, and her heart felt cleaved in two. Her grief was so large it seemed to encompass more than her own lifetime, and she became determined to find out why. Sicherman grew up reading Anne Frank and watching Schindler's List with almost no knowledge of the Holocaust's impact on her specific family. Though most of her ancestors were murdered in the Holocaust, Sicherman's grandparents didn't talk about their trauma and her mother grew up in Communist Czechoslovakia completely unaware she was even Jewish. Now a mother herself, Sicherman uses vignettes, epistolary style, and other unconventional forms to explore the intergenerational transmission of trauma, about the fact that genes can be altered and carry memories, which are then passed down-a genetic imprinting. With astounding grace and strength, Sicherman weaves together a story that not only honours her ancestors but offers the truth to the next generation and her now nine-year-old son. A testimony of the connections between mind and body, the past and the present, Imprint is devastatingly beautiful-ultimately a story of love and survival."-- |cProvided by publisher. 591 Record updated by Marcive processing 21 June 2024 600 10 Sicherman, Claire. 600 10 Sicherman, Claire |xMental health. 600 10 Sicherman, Claire |xFamily. 611 07 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00958866 650 0 Grandchildren of Holocaust survivors |xMental health. 650 0 Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) |xPsychological aspects. 650 0 Psychic trauma |vPersonal narratives. 650 0 Intergenerational relations. 650 7 Families. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01728849 650 7 Intergenerational relations. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst00976251 650 7 Mental health. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01016339 650 7 Psychic trauma. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01081217 650 7 Psychological aspects. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01354086 648 7 1939-1945 |2fast 655 7 Personal narratives. |2fast |0(OCoLC)fst01423843 650 7 Intergenerational relationships. |2homoit 655 7 Personal narratives. |2lcgft 852 0 |bstacks |hRC451.4.H62 |iS54 2017