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Skating to Antarctica: A Journey to the End of the World
Skating to Antarctica A Journey to the End of the World
Author: Jenny Diski
So writes Jenny Diski of the parent she has neither seen nor heard from since 1966, the year her father died.In search of an escape from her suicidal sexually abusive parents, Diski spends her teenage years in the oblivion of heavy drug use and psychiatric wards. As an adult she finds a new haven: the boundless, blank iciness of Antarctica where...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780060957964
ISBN-10: 0060957964
Publication Date: 7/1/2001
Pages: 256
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Publisher: Harper Perennial
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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I had read Diski's non-fiction before, and liked it well enough to purchase this book. However, the memoir seems self-servingly cathartic, and the Antarctic observations superficial.
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