At 35, to his distress, Jonathan Self found that he had become the very thing he never wanted to be: an absent father with three young children - one in the UK and two in Australia.;In this moving, closely observed and often comic memoir the author traces three generations of dysfunctional family life and his own determination not to repeat the patterns of the past or to let his children down. Self Abuse is a gripping and emotional saga which deals with difficult subjects - the angst of a separated father, failed relationships, domestic violence, sexual abuse, alcohol and drug addiction. It is told with sensitivity, wry humour and honesty. Ultimately it is a story filled with hope and love.
- ISBN10 0743476204
- ISBN13 9780743476201
- Publish Date 31 December 2010 (first published 21 June 2001)
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 7 August 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Washington Square Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 256
- Language English