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03635aam a22005658i 4500 001 DFEBC8D2BCB511EDBE0894C944ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230307010117 008 220720s2023 nyu 000 0aeng 010 $a 2022004492 020 $a 1538706172 020 $a 9781538706176 040 $d SILO 042 $a pcc 050 00 $a HV4999.C45 $b T496 2023 082 00 $a 372.37/4/eng/20220720 100 1 $a Thomas, Joseph Earl, $e author. 245 10 $a Sink : $b a memoir / $c Joseph Earl Thomas. 250 $a First edition. 263 $a 2302. 264 1 $a New York, NY : $b Grand Central Publishing, $c 2023. 300 $a 249 pages ; $c 21 cm. 520 $a "Stranded in a volatile, ever-shifting family, saddled with a mercurial mother mired in crack addiction, and demeaned daily for his perceived weakness, Joseph Earl Thomas was under constant threat. Roaches fell from the ceiling, colonizing bowls of noodles and cereal boxes. Fists and palms pounded down at school and at home, leaving welts that ached long after they disappeared. An inescapable hunger gnawed at his frequently empty stomach, and requests for food were often met with indifference if not open hostility. Deemed too unlike the other boys to ever gain the acceptance he so desperately desired, he began to escape into fantasy and virtual worlds, wells of happiness in a childhood assailed at all sides. In a series of exacting and fierce vignettes, Thomas guides readers through the unceasing cruelty that defined his circumstances, laying bare the depths of his loneliness and illuminating the vital reprieve geek culture offered him. With remarkable tenderness and devastating clarity, he explores how lessons of toxic masculinity were drilled into his body and the way the cycle of violence permeated the very fabric of his environment. Still, he carves out unexpected moments of joy, from summers where he was freed from the injurious structures of his surroundings to the first glimpses of community he caught on his journey to becoming a Pokémon champion. SINK follows Thomas's coming-of-age towards an understanding of what it means not to fit in - with his immediate peers, or his turbulent family - and traces his first attempts at communion with other like-minded people, and solidarity, and eventually, salvation"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Thomas, Joseph Earl. 600 10 $a Thomas, Joseph Earl $x Childhood and youth. 650 0 $a Children of drug addicts $v Biography. 650 0 $a Drug addicts $x Family relationships $v Biography. 650 0 $a Parenting $v Biography. 650 7 $a SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General. $2 bisacsh. 650 7 $a Children of drug addicts. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01430026. 650 7 $a Drug addicts $x Family relationships. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01430262. 650 7 $a Parenting. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01053407. 655 7 $a Biographies. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01919896. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 14 952 $l SFPH074 $d 20240716040608.0 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20240416012005.0 952 $l YAPC771 $d 20240118010736.0 952 $l CCPB522 $d 20240116010258.0 952 $l YCPD572 $d 20231206014406.0 952 $l GFPE771 $d 20231206012309.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20231010033752.0 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20230708011500.0 952 $l SEPC074 $d 20230627010539.0 952 $l XXPH787 $d 20230503013559.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230503012705.0 952 $l GDPF771 $d 20230414010055.0 952 $l S1PD771 $d 20230401010205.0 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20230307010630.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=DFEBC8D2BCB511EDBE0894C944ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search