Past Tense: Facing Family Secrets and Finding Myself in Therapy by Sacha Mardou

Description: Past Tense by Sacha Mardou Estimated delivery 3-12 business days Format Hardcover Condition Brand New Description A brave and captivating graphic memoir about the power of therapy to heal anxiety and generational traumaA brave and captivating graphic memoir about the power of therapy to heal anxiety and generational traumaWhen Sacha Mardou turned forty-years-old, she was leading a life that looked perfect on the outside- happily married to the love of her life, enjoying motherhood and her six-year-old daughter, and her first book had just been published. But for reasons she couldnt explain, the anxiety that had always plagued her only seemed to be getting worse and then, without warning, she began breaking out in terrible acne.The product of a stoic, working-class British family, Sacha had a deeply seeded distrust of mental health treatment, but now, living the life shed built in the US and desperate for relief, she finds herself in a therapists office for the first time. There she begins the real work of growing up- learning to understand her family of origin and the childhood trauma she thought shed left hidden in the past but is still entangled in her present life.Past Tense takes us inside Sachas therapy sessions, which over time become life-changing- She begins to come to terms with her turbulent and complicated upbringing, which centered around her now estranged father, who had a violent relationship with her mother and would later go to prison for sexually abusing her stepsister. With her therapists guidance, she sees how these wounds and other generational trauma has been passed through her family as far back as her grandmothers experiences during The Blitz of World War Two. And she discovers modalities that powerfully shape her healing along the way, including the work of Bessel Van der Kolk and Richard Schwartz (Internal Family Systems).As Sachas emotional life begins to unfreeze and she lets go of the shame shes long held, she realizes that the work shes doing and her love for her family can ripple outward too, changing her relationships now, and creating a new legacy for her daughter.Bravely told, visceral, and profoundly moving, Past Tense is a story about our power to break free of the past--once and for all--and find hope. Author Biography Sacha Mardou studied English Literature at the University of Wales and started making comics in the late 1990s. Her previous work includes the serially-released graphic novel Sky in Stereo, which was Ignatz-nominated (for Best Series 2014), named an Outstanding Comic of 2015 (The Village Voice) and shortlisted for the Slate Studio Award (2016). Her online therapy comics have been featured in The Huffington Post and Bored Panda. Since 2005, she has been a resident of St Louis, Missouri, where she lives with her cartoonist husband, Ted May, their daughter, and two disruptive cats. Details ISBN 0593541367 ISBN-13 9780593541364 Title Past Tense Author Sacha Mardou Format Hardcover Year 2024 Pages 336 Publisher Penguin Putnam Inc GE_Item_ID:162607704; About Us Grand Eagle Retail is the ideal place for all your shopping needs! With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and over 1,000,000 in stock items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! Shipping & Delivery Times Shipping is FREE to any address in USA. Please view eBay estimated delivery times at the top of the listing. Deliveries are made by either USPS or Courier. We are unable to deliver faster than stated. International deliveries will take 1-6 weeks. NOTE: We are unable to offer combined shipping for multiple items purchased. This is because our items are shipped from different locations. Returns If you wish to return an item, please consult our Returns Policy as below: Please contact Customer Services and request "Return Authorisation" before you send your item back to us. Unauthorised returns will not be accepted. Returns must be postmarked within 4 business days of authorisation and must be in resellable condition. Returns are shipped at the customer's risk. We cannot take responsibility for items which are lost or damaged in transit. For purchases where a shipping charge was paid, there will be no refund of the original shipping charge. Additional Questions If you have any questions please feel free to Contact Us. Categories Baby Books Electronics Fashion Games Health & Beauty Home, Garden & Pets Movies Music Sports & Outdoors Toys

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