num_pages: 256
description: 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 the boundless, blank iciness of Antarctica where everything "is colored white and filled with a singing silence." This blistering account interweaves the story of the author's journey to the end of the earth, her daughter's search for Diski's missing mother, and Diski's own search of her memory-hardened heart.
language: English
title: Skating to Antarctica: A Journey to the End of the World
titlecomplete: Skating to Antarctica: A Journey to the End of the World
genres: Biography, Essays, Nature, Autobiography, Mental Health, Psychology, Nonfiction, Travel, Biography Memoir, Memoir
ratings_count: 793
places: Antarctica
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Jewish Quarterly-Wingate Prize
category: Nonfiction
publisher: Ecco