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Confessions of a Former Child: A Therapist's Memoir
Confessions of a Former Child A Therapist's Memoir
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A hilarious and perceptive examination of the mysteries of childhood and the perils of parenthood — From August 1956 through April 1961 I controlled the traffic and streetlights in New York City and northern New Jersey. It was a daunting task for a five-year-old, but by the summer of ?56 I realized I had a responsibility I could not ... more » In this honest and witty debut, Daniel J. Tomasulo chronicles and confesses his childhood delusions, his particularly challenging experiences as a parent, and his life as a psychologist. His memories of being a kid?controlling streetlights, avoiding any foods with seeds lest he get pregnant, enduring his mother?s cold love?are vivid, and his life as a parent is riddled with dilemmas. To start, he finds himself locked in a rubber-walled hospital room while his wife is in labor, and later he faces the necessity of giving mouth-to-mouth to his daughter?s suffocating Raggedy Ann doll. As a professional who specializes in the highly personal, he traces the unusual and illuminating connections between his own life and evocative scenes from the lives of his patients.
With refreshing candor and laugh-out-loud humor, Tomasulo explores the elusive magic of childhood, the complications of parent-child relationships, and the lasting significance of the everyday.
Author:
A hilarious and perceptive examination of the mysteries of childhood and the perils of parenthood — From August 1956 through April 1961 I controlled the traffic and streetlights in New York City and northern New Jersey. It was a daunting task for a five-year-old, but by the summer of ?56 I realized I had a responsibility I could not ... more » In this honest and witty debut, Daniel J. Tomasulo chronicles and confesses his childhood delusions, his particularly challenging experiences as a parent, and his life as a psychologist. His memories of being a kid?controlling streetlights, avoiding any foods with seeds lest he get pregnant, enduring his mother?s cold love?are vivid, and his life as a parent is riddled with dilemmas. To start, he finds himself locked in a rubber-walled hospital room while his wife is in labor, and later he faces the necessity of giving mouth-to-mouth to his daughter?s suffocating Raggedy Ann doll. As a professional who specializes in the highly personal, he traces the unusual and illuminating connections between his own life and evocative scenes from the lives of his patients.
With refreshing candor and laugh-out-loud humor, Tomasulo explores the elusive magic of childhood, the complications of parent-child relationships, and the lasting significance of the everyday.
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(save 44%)ISBN-13: 9781555974992
ISBN-10: 1555974996
Publication Date: 4/29/2008
Pages: 208
Rating: 3
ISBN-10: 1555974996
Publication Date: 4/29/2008
Pages: 208
Rating: 3
3.5 stars, based on 3 ratings
Genres:
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Regional U.S. >> Mid Atlantic
- Biographies & Memoirs >> Memoirs
- Humor & Entertainment >> Humor >> Self-Help & Psychology
