█ My Lie is a wrenchingly honest, unexpectedly witty, and profoundly human story that proves the personal indeed political can become painfully كتاب A True Story of False Memory مجاناً PDF اونلاين 2024 Meredith Maran lived daughter's nightmare: she accused her father sexual abuse, then realized, nearly too late, he was innocent During 1980s 1990s, tens thousands Americans became convinced they had repressed memories childhood then, decades later, recovered those in therapy Journalist, mother, daughter one them Her accusation estrangement from caused sons to grow up without their only grandfather, divided family into who believed didn't, led isolate herself on "Planet Incest," where "survivors" devoted lives, life savings, recovering events never occurred
❞ Maran unveils her family˝s devastation and ultimate redemption against the backdrop of the sex-abuse scandals, beginning with the infamous McMartin preschool trial, that sent hundreds of innocents to jail--several of whom remain imprisoned today . ❝
❞ Exploring the psychological, cultural, and neuroscientific causes of this modern American witch-hunt, My Lie asks: how could so many people come to believe the same lie at the same time? What has neuroscience discovered about the brain\\˝s capacity to create false memories and encode false beliefs? What are the ˝big lies˝ gaining traction in American culture today--and how can we keep them from taking hold؟ . ❝
❞ Eager to escape her damaging past and chart her own future, Alison Rose is drawn to Zoe, a free-spirited artist who offers emotional stability and a love outside the norm. After many happy years together, the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake deepens fissures in the two women’s relationship, and Alison leaves Zoe for a new, ˝normal” life with a man. Alison’s son is the outcome of both of these complicated relationships, and the three parents strive to create a life together that will test the boundaries of love and family in changing times . ❝