Character Witness: A Memoir

di Jason Brown (Autore)

University of Nebraska Press, 2025

When Jason Brown’s mother is arrested for stealing $38,000, he agrees to serve as a character witness for her, hoping to keep her out of prison. Thus begins Character Witness, a memoir, a chronicle of a mother’s struggle with mental illness, addiction, and poverty, and an inquiry into whether we can escape the legacy of the past. Brown realizes that his troubles as a young man mirrored his mother’s, and as he chronicles how sexual abuse can pass down through generations-from father to daughter, and later from mother to son-he begins to look for answers about whether people can change. Brown and his mother share a difficult history, but they also share a common sense of humor and a sense of the absurd. More than simply a recovery narrative, Character Witness centers the necessity of staying with loved ones even in their worst moments.  

• Autore: Jason Brown
• Editore: University of Nebraska Press
• Collana: American Lives
• Anno: 2025
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 202 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• EAN: 9781496242631

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