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6722174Tiger, Tigerhttps://www.gandhi.com.mx/tiger--tiger-9781429994972/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/470836/45380096-bd1e-4046-8b9a-0e0845ac1e97.jpg?v=638611815644100000206251MXNFarrar, Straus and GirouxInStock/Ebooks/<p><strong>A shocking, revelatory, and fearless memoir of abuse and survival: As the story of a victim, it is gripping; as a work of literature, its a triumph (Alice Sebold, author of <em>The Lovely Bones</em>).</strong></p><p><strong>A <em>Washington Post</em> Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011</strong></p><p><strong>A <em>Globe and Mail</em> Best Books of the Year 2011 Title</strong></p><p>One summer day, Margaux Fragoso makes a new friend at the neighborhood swimming pool. She is seven; Peter Curran is fifty-one. He then invites her and her mother to his house, a childs paradise of exotic pets and an elaborate backyard garden. Margauxs mentally ill mother is grateful for the attention Peter lavishes on her, and he creates an imaginative universe for her, much as Lewis Carroll did for his real-life Alice.</p><p>In time, he insidiously takes on the role of Margauxs playmate, father, and lover. Charming and manipulative, Peter burrows into every aspect of Margauxs life and transforms her from a child fizzing with imagination and affection into a brainwashed young woman on the verge of suicide. But when she is twenty-two, it is Peterill, and wracked with guiltwho kills himself, at the age of sixty-six.</p><p>Told with lyricism, depth, and mesmerizing clarity, <em>Tiger, Tiger</em> vividly illustrates the healing power of memory and disclosure. This extraordinary memoir is an unprecedented glimpse into the psyche of a young girl in free fall and conveys to readersincluding parents and survivors of abusejust how completely a pedophile enchants his victim and binds her to him.</p>...1119448Tiger, Tiger206251https://www.gandhi.com.mx/tiger--tiger-9781429994972/phttps://gandhi.vtexassets.com/arquivos/ids/470836/45380096-bd1e-4046-8b9a-0e0845ac1e97.jpg?v=638611815644100000InStockMXN99999DIEbook20119781429994972_W3siaWQiOiJiYTI1ZjM5Yy1kYTJiLTQ0NmQtODlkOS1jODViMjgxMzBhNjMiLCJsaXN0UHJpY2UiOjI1MSwiZGlzY291bnQiOjQ1LCJzZWxsaW5nUHJpY2UiOjIwNiwiaW5jbHVkZXNUYXgiOnRydWUsInByaWNlVHlwZSI6Ildob2xlc2FsZSIsImN1cnJlbmN5IjoiTVhOIiwiZnJvbSI6IjIwMjQtMTItMThUMDI6MDA6MDBaIiwicmVnaW9uIjoiTVgiLCJpc1ByZW9yZGVyIjpmYWxzZX1d9781429994972_<p>A <em>Washington Post</em> Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011<br />A <em>Globe and Mail</em> Best Books of the Year 2011 Title<br /><em>Tiger, Tiger</em> is a Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction title for 2011<br />A <em>Kirkus Reviews</em> Best Nonfiction of 2011 title</p><p>One summer day, Margaux Fragoso meets Peter Curran at the neighborhood swimming pool, and they begin to play. She is seven; he is fifty-one. When Peter invites her and her mother to his house, the little girl finds a childs paradise of exotic pets and an elaborate backyard garden. Her mother, beset by mental illness and overwhelmed by caring for Margaux, is grateful for the attention Peter lavishes on her, and he creates an imaginative universe for her, much as Lewis Carroll did for his real-life Alice.</p><p>In time, he insidiously takes on the role of Margauxs playmate, father, and lover. Charming and manipulative, Peter burrows into every aspect of Margauxs life and transforms her from a child fizzing with imagination and affection into a brainwashed young woman on the verge of suicide. But when she is twenty-two, it is Peterill, and wracked with guiltwho kills himself, at the age of sixty-six.</p><p>Told with lyricism, depth, and mesmerizing clarity, <em>Tiger, Tiger</em> vividly illustrates the healing power of memory and disclosure. This extraordinary memoir is an unprecedented glimpse into the psyche of a young girl in free fall and conveys to readersincluding parents and survivors of abusejust how completely a pedophile enchants his victim and binds her to him.</p>...(*_*)9781429994972_<p><strong>A shocking, revelatory, and fearless memoir of abuse and survival: As the story of a victim, it is gripping; as a work of literature, its a triumph (Alice Sebold, author of <em>The Lovely Bones</em>).</strong></p><p><strong>A <em>Washington Post</em> Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011</strong></p><p><strong>A <em>Globe and Mail</em> Best Books of the Year 2011 Title</strong></p><p>One summer day, Margaux Fragoso makes a new friend at the neighborhood swimming pool. She is seven; Peter Curran is fifty-one. He then invites her and her mother to his house, a childs paradise of exotic pets and an elaborate backyard garden. Margauxs mentally ill mother is grateful for the attention Peter lavishes on her, and he creates an imaginative universe for her, much as Lewis Carroll did for his real-life Alice.</p><p>In time, he insidiously takes on the role of Margauxs playmate, father, and lover. Charming and manipulative, Peter burrows into every aspect of Margauxs life and transforms her from a child fizzing with imagination and affection into a brainwashed young woman on the verge of suicide. But when she is twenty-two, it is Peterill, and wracked with guiltwho kills himself, at the age of sixty-six.</p><p>Told with lyricism, depth, and mesmerizing clarity, <em>Tiger, Tiger</em> vividly illustrates the healing power of memory and disclosure. This extraordinary memoir is an unprecedented glimpse into the psyche of a young girl in free fall and conveys to readersincluding parents and survivors of abusejust how completely a pedophile enchants his victim and binds her to him.</p>...9781429994972_Farrar, Straus and Girouxlibro_electonico_9781429994972_9781429994972Margaux FragosoInglésMéxicohttps://getbook.kobo.com/koboid-prod-public/openroadmedia-epub-ef199867-ff64-4e1c-b698-5a07bf35eaa2.epub2011-03-01T00:00:00+00:00Farrar, Straus and Giroux