Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You

Sue William Silverman

University of Georgia Press, Jul 1, 2010 - Biography & Autobiography - 288 pages

Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You destroys our complacency about who among us can commit unspeakable atrocities, who is subjected to them, and who can stop them. From age four to eighteen, Sue William Silverman was repeatedly sexually abused by her father, an influential government official and successful banker. Through her eyes, we see an outwardly normal family built on a foundation of horrifying secrets that long went unreported, undetected, and unconfessed.

About the author

SUE WILLIAM SILVERMAN is a faculty advisor at the Vermont College of Fine Arts and the associate editor of the journal Fourth Genre: Explorations in Nonfiction. Her first book, Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You (Georgia), received the AWP Award in Creative Nonfiction. She is also the author of Love Sick: One Woman's Journey through Sexual Addiction (made into a Lifetime TV movie) and Hieroglyphics in Neon, a collection of poems.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You; The Sue William Silverman Prize for Creative Nonfiction Series
• Author: Sue William Silverman
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press, 2010
• ISBN: 0820337781, 9780820337784
• Length: 288 pages
• Subjects: Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; Family & Relationships / Abuse / Child Abuse