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Storkbites: A Memoir by: Marie Etienne  List Price: $19.95 Your Price: $13.57 You Save: $6.38 (32%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 920 EAN: 9780974847405 ISBN: 0974847402 Label: Alluvium Books Manufacturer: Alluvium Books Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 343 Publication Date: August 15, 2003 Publisher: Alluvium Books Studio: Alluvium Books Sales Rank: 208978 Related Items:
Editorial Review: Product Description: In her memoir entitled Storkbites, Marie Etienne paints a powerful picture of her wealthy Louisiana family - a mother who bounces from sobriety to drunkenness, kindness to vicious cruelty, and an eccentric father who takes bizarre steps to protect his nine children from danger.Storkbites weaves two timelines-one showing a childhood filled with abuse, insanity, and material excess, and the other, the adult trying to make her way in California as a new mom. Murder, suicide, promiscuity, and alcoholism overshadow Mardi Gras balls, Christmas celebrations, and a daughter's bittersweet coming-of-age. Vivid scenes depict Daddy, nightly, tucking his children into bed, and hours later, Momma waking them for a beating. Marie is seduced by her married gynecologist. Pull-the-plug battles emerge as Momma lies dying in ICU. In the midst of a divorce, Marie sees her handprint on her son's back and vows stop the cycle of abuse-both as victim and perpetrator. Filled with hope, Storkbites shows the fierce love between siblings and the determination of one young mother desperate to escape her abusive past. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - More like 3 and 1/2 stars.Marie Etienne is an excellent writer. I enjoyed most of her book. Somehow, after about the first 150 pages, I did not look forward to reading it as much as I had in the beginning. What I mean is, some parts of her memoir really gripped me (her abusive and mentally ill mother, her loving yet substance abuse-laden father, all clashing against the setting of her family's upper-crust socio-economic status). But some parts seemed a bit over-written. I wouldn't say she is overly detailed in her writing, ... Read More Rating:  - Page Turner about an Enlightening Personal Journey, Marie Etienne's Storkbites about her childhood growing up in a loving, yet verbally and physically abusive family in Lafayette, LA draws you in like the savory smells of down home southern cooking. With Money, a big house, luxury cars, Mardi Gras balls, a sweet father, a mother who cooks and cares for her NINE children, this Catholic family suddenly turns from perfect to unbelievably chaotic and cruel. Etienne's parents are alcoholics with deep-rooted problems, shocking behavior, and no clue how to ... Read More Rating: - Don't let this one pass you byStorkbites: A Memoir, is the story of a rich girl growing up in the South. The big family may look picture perfect on their public outings, but all is not well in the big house. With honesty, and not much fluff, Etienne brings out the truth with her intelligent and easy to read style. It makes you wonder how many more stories she has up her sleeve? Rating: - Compelling and Eye-openingThis book propels the reader through the roller coaster ride that was Marie Etienne's life growing up in south Louisiana. A ride loaded with alcoholism, physical abuse, drug abuse, murder, suicide, neglect, wealth, love and hate - all the issues that can make any book enthralling. But these issues were all a part of Marie Etienne's family life. The reader will find it unbelievable that this is a true story. I applaud Marie for the courage it took to write her story and especially for surviving her ... Read More Rating: - Storkbites is a book you can't put downMarie Etienne did an incredible job with her first novel "Storkbites." I found myself feeling what she felt in living in a dysfunctional and abusive family in childhood and to her own abusive behavior as she became an adult. Her use of beautiful words immediately transformed you into feeling the area and the feelings that this family went through. This book will make you laugh, cry and be angry that these children had to grow up in such an environment. I say bravo to the author for realizing she ... Read More Browse for similar items by category:
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