Prisoner of her past
Subtitle: a son's memoir
By: Howard Reich
Edition: Northwestern University Press ed.
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Evanston, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 202
ISBN-13: 9780810127951
Subjects: Post-traumatic stress disorder; Mental health; Jews; Biography; Patients; Holocaust survivors
Description: "Until February 15, 2001, Howard Reich's mother, Sonia, had managed to keep almost everything about her experience of the Holocaust from her son. That night, she packed some clothes and fled her house in Skokie, Illinois, convinced that someone was trying to kill her. This was the first indication that she was suffering from late-onset post traumatic stress disorder, a little-known condition that can emerge decades after the initial trauma. For Howard, it was also the opening of a window onto his mother's past. In Prisoner of Her Past, Howard Reich has written a moving memoir about growing up as the child of Holocaust survivors and finding refuge from silence and fear in the world of jazz. It is only when Sonia's memories overwhelm her and Howard begins to piece together her story that he comes to understand how his parents' lives shaped his own"--ECIP data view.
Notes: "First published 2006 by PublicAffairs under the title The First and Final Nightmare of Sonia Reich: A Son's Memoir."

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Preface: February 15, 2001; title: Leaving Germantown; title: Skokie blues; title: Swing time; title: The past returns; title: Chasing the story; title: A glimpse into the dark; title: What happened in Dubno; title: Heading home; title: Epilogue: February 15, 2011.