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All That I Forgot Paperback

by Renee McBryde (Author)
3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 48 ratings
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What happens after you write a tell-all memoir that reveals your family’s darkest secrets? Renee McBryde has a really intriguing life story. Her mother and father met when they were living on the streets in Kings Cross. Her mum gave birth to Renee when she was only 15 and Renee’s father was jailed for murder just before she was born. Renee grew up being told over and over again that she had to keep the identity of her father secret and she did ... until it ended up doing her much more harm than good.In 2017 Renee wrote a book revealing the secret and the impact it had on her and her identity. Little did she know that the book would go on to attract sensational media attention and sell widely across Australia and the UK. Her second book, Unravelling Us, examines what happens to a family after a tell-all memoir and its accompanying publicity is published. While Renee was busy appearing on 60 Minutes and SBS’s Insight, and being interviewed on radio and for magazines, her previous close-knit family life was imploding. Unravelling Us delves deeply into the behind the scenes of a family whose dysfunction becomes public knowledge and the impact that has on all of them. It looks at the complex relationships between families, especially mothers and their children, and uses stories from Renee’s work as a social worker and child protection officer in Alice Springs to look at the inherited cycles of abuse and trauma. After having such terrible role models as parents, Renee is fearful she will unconsciously repeat the patterns of parenting that she was exposed to, as she sees it happening all the time in her job. However, she also witnesses moments when a pattern is broken, in her own life and in her work, which gives her hope that her books will be of some help to others.
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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0645265160
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0645265163
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12.7 ounces
  • Customer Reviews:
    3.7 3.7 out of 5 stars 48 ratings

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MikeC
5.0 out of 5 stars A very well told life story of dealing with the scars everyone can see, and the ones only you can
Reviewed in Australia on December 1, 2023
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Read this memoir. If you have any interest in what happens in that mushy grey thing between your ears; if you've ever wondered who you really are; if not knowing what comes next in a story intrigues you; if you just like a story told with an economy of words and unwavering honesty... then read 'All That I Forgot'.

This is a powerful, readable, informative and at times confronting memoir of Anne Howell's journey back from an operation that stole a large chunk of her life. Then it dumped her into a rerun of that life in which she learned the lies in people's truths, and the truth in their lies; and her own.

Told with a clarity that belies the state of mind Anne awoke to, this memoir is deeply personal yet at the same time an observant critique of the strange complexities of we humans, at our best and our worst. Easily one of the best memoirs I've read.
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