It would be many years before she learned the secret of her mother’s anguish: her love affair with another married woman, and the psychiatric treatment aimed at curing her of her lesbianism. On her return, Chana became the caretaker of her heavily medicated, suicidal mother. The gun jammed and she was taken away to a mental hospital. Orders weighing over 2 lbs will likely require an additional cost.In 1958, when Chana Wilson was seven, her mother attempted suicide, holding a rifle to her own head and pulling the trigger. International Shipping rates are subject to review, and adjustment before sale is finalized. We always issue tracking numbers after shipping U.S. In no case will we accept an order, or send a book, without the recipient's last name. If an order is placed by a purchaser lacking a last name, we will attempt to contact the purchaser by the associated email address to ascertain a last name.
The United States Postal Service requires the recipient's full name or a company name. Domestic Priority shipping, your rate may be adjusted depending on the size and shape of the book(s) ordered. Domestic Priority Mail rates are based on the small flat rate box or flat rate padded envelope. There may be an additional cost for items over 2 lbs.
Media mail shipping rates are calculated fairly based on post office fees and our cost of shipping supplies. Molly's Brook Books does not seek to profit from our shipping fees. We ship books well-protected in boxes or padded mailers. Orders usually ship within 2 business days, often within 24 hours. Exquisitely written and devastatingly honest, Riding Fury Home is a shattering account of one family’s struggle against homophobia and mental illness and a powerful story of healing, forgiveness, and redemption. From the intolerance of the 50s to the exhilaration of the women’s movement of the 70s and beyond, the book traces the profound ways in which their two lives were impacted by the social landscape of their time. Riding Fury Home spans forty years of the intense, complex relationship between Chana and her mother the trauma of their early years together, the transformation and joy they found when they both came out in the 1970s, and the deep bond that grew between them. In 1958, when Chana Wilson was seven, her mother attempted suicide, holding a rifle to her own head and pulling the trigger.
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