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02415aam a2200325 i 4500 001 80FE6B9A618E11EDBAF355CF54ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20221111010019 008 220106t20222022caua e 000 0aeng d 020 $a 1647422256 020 $a 9781647422257 040 $d SILO 043 $a n-us-ny 082 04 $a 155.936092 $2 23 100 1 $a Turner, Amy $c (Teacher), $e author. 245 10 $a On the ledge : $b a memoir / $c Amy Turner. 264 1 $a Berkeley, CA : $b She Writes Press, $c 2022. 300 $a 260 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 22 cm. 520 $a "In 1957, when Amy Turner was four years old, her father had to be talked down from a hotel ledge by a priest. The story of his attempted suicide received nationwide press coverage, and he spent months in a psychiatric facility before returning home. From then on, Amy constantly worried about him for reasons she didn't yet fully understand, triggering a pattern of hypervigilance that would plague her into adulthood. In 2010, fifty-five years after her father's attempted suicide, Amy--now a wife, mother, and lawyer-turned-schoolteacher--is convinced she's dealt with all the psychological reverberations of her childhood. Then she steps into a crosswalk and is mowed down by a pickup truck--an accident that nearly kills her, and that ultimately propels her on a remarkable emotional journey. With the help of acupuncture, somatic-oriented therapies, and serendipities that might be attributed to grace, Amy first unravels the trauma of her own brush with death and then, unexpectedly, heals the childhood trauma buried far deeper. Poignant and intimate, On the Ledge is Amy's insightful and surprisingly humorous chronicle of coming to terms with herself and her parents as the distinct, vulnerable individuals they are. Perhaps more meaningfully, it offers proof that no matter how far along you are in life, it's never too late to find yourself"--Publisher's website. 600 10 $a Turner, Amy $c (Teacher) 600 10 $a Turner, Amy $c (Teacher) $x Family. 650 0 $a Traffic accident victims $z New York (State) $v Biography. 650 0 $a Dysfunctional families. 650 0 $a Psychic trauma. 650 0 $a Life change events. 650 0 $a Mental healing. 655 7 $a Autobiographies. $2 lcgft. 941 $a 1 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20221111010031.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=80FE6B9A618E11EDBAF355CF54ECA4DBInitiate Another SILO Locator Search