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02249aam a2200313 a 4500 001 6652C762A2C711ED850ED7DB26ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230202010041 008 211217s2022 cau 00| 0 eng d 010 $a 2021925333 020 $a 1647423910 020 $a 9781647423919 035 $a (OCoLC)1265347203 040 $a YDX $b eng $c DLC $d BDX $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d OCO $d NZLEP $d HBP $d YDX $d DLC $d BUP $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 100 1 $a Armento, Beverly Jeanne, $e author. 245 10 $a Seeing eye girl : $b a memoir of madness, resilience, and hope / $c Beverly J. Armento. 260 $a Berkeley, CA : $b She Writes Press, $c [2022] 300 $a 286 pages ; $c 22 cm 520 $a As the Seeing Eye Girl for her blind, artistic, and mentally ill mother, Beverly Armento was intimately connected with and responsible for her, even though her mother physically and emotionally abused her. She was Strong Beverly at school-excellent in academics and mentored by caring teachers-but at home she was Weak Beverly, cowed by her mother's rage and delusions. Beverly's mother regained her sight with two corneal transplants in 1950 and went on to enjoy a moment of fame as an artist, but these positive turns did nothing to stop her disintegration into her delusional world of communists, radiation, and lurking Italians. To survive, Beverly had to be resilient and hopeful that better days could be ahead. But first, she had to confront essential ethical issues about her caregiving role in her family. In this emotional memoir, Beverly shares the coping strategies she invented to get herself through the trials of her young life, and the ways in which school and church served as refuges over the course of her journey. Breaking the psychological chains that bound her to her mother would prove to be the most difficult challenge of her life-and, ultimately, the most liberating one. 600 10 $a Armento, Beverly Jeanne $x Childhood and youth. 650 0 $a Abused children. 650 0 $a Caregivers. 650 0 $a Mentally ill parents. 941 $a 2 952 $l FYPI314 $d 20240102010553.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20230202012226.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6652C762A2C711ED850ED7DB26ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search