num_pages: 120
description: The author, born on an estate in Lithuania to a family with deep rooted traditions and raised in the spirit of social change, describes the people, events and surroundings which formed her awareness of self. The memoir stops at age nine when, after a shattering experience, the child realizes that the core of her being will not survive without an outer shell.
language: English
title: Child Ticking: A Memoir
titlecomplete: Child Ticking: A Memoir
ratings_count: 2
publisher: iUniverse