Southern Discomfort: A Memoir

  • Autor: Tena Clark
  • Narrador: Tena Clark
  • Editora: Simon & Schuster
  • Duração: 8:27:52
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Sinopse

For fans of beloved memoirs like Educated and The Glass Castle, a “raw and deeply honest” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) true story set in rural Mississippi during the Civil Rights era about a white girl coming of age in a repressive society and the woman who gave her the strength to forge her own path—the black nanny who cared for her.

In her memoir that is a “story of love and fury” (Jackson Clarion-Ledger), Grammy Award-winning songwriter and producer Tena Clark recounts her chaotic childhood in a time fraught with racial and social tension. Tena was born in 1953 in a tiny Mississippi town close to the Alabama border, where the legacy of slavery and racial injustice still permeated every aspect of life. On the outside, Tena’s childhood looked like a fairytale. Her father was one of the richest men in the state; her mother was a regal beauty. The family lived on a sprawling farm and had the only swimming pool in town; Tena was given her first car—a royal blue Camaro—at twelve.

But behind closed doors, Tena’s family life was deeply lonely and dysfunctional. By the time she was three, her parents’ marriage had dissolved into a swamp of alcohol, rampant infidelity, and guns. Adding to the turmoil, Tena understood from a very young age that she was different from her three older sisters, all of whom had been beauty queens and majorettes. Tena knew she didn’t want to be a majorette—she wanted to marry one.

On Tena’s tenth birthday, her mother, emboldened by alcoholism and enraged by her husband’s incessant cheating, walked out for good, instantly becoming an outcast in their society. Tena was left in the care of her nanny, Virgie, even though she was raising nine of her own children and was not allowed to eat from the family’s plates or use their bathroom. It was Virgie’s acceptance and unconditional love that gave Tena the courage to stand up to her domineering father, the faith to believe in her mother’s love, and the strength to be her true self.

Combining the spirit of brave coming-of-age memoirs such as The Glass Castle and vivid, evocative Southern fiction like To Kill a Mockingbird, Southern Discomfort is “an unforgettable southern story… [that] sings brightly to the incredible strength of family ties and the great power of love” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) and is destined to become a new classic.

Capítulos

  • 001 SouthernDiscomfort Open

    Duração: 48s
  • 002 SouthernDiscomfort Dedication

    Duração: 39s
  • 003 SouthernDiscomfort Prologue

    Duração: 05min
  • 004 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter1

    Duração: 21min
  • 005 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter2

    Duração: 18min
  • 006 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter3

    Duração: 08min
  • 007 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter4

    Duração: 07min
  • 008 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter5

    Duração: 15min
  • 009 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter6

    Duração: 13min
  • 010 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter7

    Duração: 08min
  • 011 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter8

    Duração: 16min
  • 012 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter9

    Duração: 16min
  • 013 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter10

    Duração: 08min
  • 014 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter11

    Duração: 11min
  • 015 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter12

    Duração: 11min
  • 016 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter13

    Duração: 11min
  • 017 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter14

    Duração: 11min
  • 018 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter15

    Duração: 21min
  • 019 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter16

    Duração: 10min
  • 020 SouthernDiscomfort Chapter17

    Duração: 19min
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