HOUSE RULES, Rachel Sontag explores these important and tough. questions as she recounts the abuse she suffered growing up with an. emotionally cruel father and a co-dependent mother. At first Sontag's father, Steve, comes across as strict and quirky, concerned with respect and propriety. Over time it is apparent that. · Overview. A memoir of a father obsessed with control and the daughter who fights his suffocating grasp, House Rules explores the complexities of their compelling and destructive relationship as Rachel fights to escape, and, later, to make sense of what remains of her family. Related collections and offers. Product bltadwin.ru: HarperCollins e-books. · House Rules.: Rachel Sontag. Doubleday Canada, May 7, - Biography Autobiography - pages. 9 Reviews. A compelling, at times horrifying work that is impossible to put down, House Rules /5(9).
Rachel's sister was more or less the "invisible" child, where Rachel was on the receiving end of her father's constant attention, whether it be good or bad. House Rules is a truly compelling memoir that was arduous to read but almost impossible for me to put down. Highly recommended! Very Good! Paperback: pages. House Rules. by. Rachel Sontag. · Rating details · 2, ratings · reviews. A compelling, at times horrifying work that is impossible to put down, House Rules will stand beside Running With Scissors and The Glass Castle as a memoir that cracks open the shell of a desperately dysfunctional family with impressive grace and humour. House Rules by Rachel Sontag is a autobiographical work, in which the author writes about growing up in suburbia with a father who was a widely respected doctor, much admired by the medical students he teaches. He never physically or sexually abuses his daughter but his mental illness, kept hidden from the world, leads him to cause her much psychological pain.
Quotes by Rachel Sontag. “A void in my chest was beginning to fill with anger. Quiet, defeated anger that guaranteed me the right to my hurt, that believed no one could possibly understand that hurt.”. ― Rachel Sontag, House Rules. To view it, click here. House Rules by Rachel Sontag is an autobiography of her life and childhood struggle with her unique family situation. Rachel grew up with a very controlling father, who created a very structured lifestyle for Rachel and her sister, Jenny. Someone mentioned House Rules, Rachel Sontag’s memoir about growing up under a control-freak father. Someone else mentioned that the father struck back at Rachel for publishing the book. Why yes yes, he did. An entire website filled with family videos and letters to and from Rachel, showing how she changed from a “happy, loving, affectionate, caring, appreciative member of the family” to a raging demon whose goal was to sow conflict and break up her parents’ marriage.
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