{"product_id":"riding-fury-home-9781580054324","title":"Riding Fury Home","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn 1958, when Chana Wilson was seven, her mother attempted suicide, holding a rifle to her own head and pulling the trigger. The gun jammed and she was taken away to a mental hospital. On her return, Chana became the caretaker of her heavily medicated, suicidal mother. 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cem\u003eRiding Fury Home\u003c\/em\u003e spans forty years of the intense, complex relationship between Chana and her motherthe 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. 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. Exquisitely written and devastatingly honest, \u003cem\u003eRiding Fury Home\u003c\/em\u003e is a shattering account of one family s struggle against homophobia and mental illnessand a powerful story of healing, forgiveness, and redemption.\u003cbr\u003e \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-6198642\"\u003eChana Wilson\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Seal Press (CA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.83lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.23h x 5.54w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781580054324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1580054323\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC017000\"\u003eLGBTQ+ Studies | Lesbian Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FAM\"\u003eFamily \u0026amp; Relationships\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FAM033000\"\u003eParenting | Parent \u0026amp; Adult Child\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChana Wilson is a psychotherapist and a former radio producer and television engineer. She began her career in broadcast journalism as a radio programmer with KPFA in Berkeley, California. Her work hosting the KPFA program \u003cem\u003eA World Wind\u003c\/em\u003e--in which she interviewed poets, musicians, writers and activists--sparked her desire to work with people on a deeper level. Now a psychotherapist for twenty-four years, she credits the extraordinary courage of her clients for inspiring her to write. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWilson's writing has appeared in the print journals \u003cem\u003eThe Sun\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eSinister Wisdom, \u003c\/em\u003e the online journals \u003cem\u003eRoadwork\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eAunt Lute, \u003c\/em\u003e and in several anthologies. Since the publication of \u003cem\u003eRiding Fury Home\u003c\/em\u003e, Wilson has become a blogger on the Huffington Post. Her essays have been Editor's Choice on Salon.com. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSince the mid-eighties, Wilson has been playing percussion with the women's samba band Sistah Boom.","brand":"Seal Press (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44588479873261,"sku":"9781580054324","price":26.65,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_399db11e-f65f-434e-a7ff-7a0f248b8965.jpg?v=1702221146","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/riding-fury-home-9781580054324","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}