Ebook {Epub PDF} All the Silent Spaces: A Memoir by Christine Ristaino

Introduction. In September , Christine Ristaino was attacked in a store parking lot while her three- and five-year-old children watched. In All the Silent Spaces, Ristaino shares what it felt like to be an ordinary person confronted with an extraordinary event?a woman trying to deal with acute trauma even as she went on with her everyday life, working at a university and parenting two. Ristaino is also an Atlanta author whose memoir, All the Silent Spaces, published in July by She Writes Press, confronts the topics of violence, identity, and discrimination. She writes and publishes articles, essays, OpEds, and non-fiction, and presents her work in Brand: Ingram.  · “All the Silent Spaces: A Memoir, by Christine Ristaino, is a deep and lyrical memoir about how a vicious assault affected all aspects of the author’s life, and how she found strength to not just endure tragedy but transcend it. This book touches on dynamics one might expect–fear, survival, mistrust, recovery—but also on themes one might not—like race, religion, poverty, and politics.”Brand: She Writes Press.

Find many great new used options and get the best deals for All the Silent Spaces: A Memoir by Christine Ristaino (, Trade Paperback) at the best online prices at eBay! Free shipping for many products! ALL THE SILENT SPACES: A MEMOIR, by Christine Ristaino, is a deep and lyrical memoir about how a vicious assault affected all aspects of the author's life, and how she found strength to not just endure tragedy but transcend it. This book touches on dynamics one might expect-fear, survival, mistrust, recovery-but also on themes one might. Christine's memoir, "All the Silent Spaces", is the IndieReader Discovery Awards Winner in Women's Issues, and a Best Book Awards Finalist in Social Change and Women's Issues. In addition to writing, Dr. Ristaino teaches Italian language and literature at Emory University and advises three student groups on social justice issues.

My book, All the Silent Spaces, shares what it feels like to survive violence--three times. It describes what it's like to face violent events, past and present, in a way that changes everything. Moving between the greater issues associated with violence and the personal voyage of overcoming grief, All the Silent Spaces is about letting go of what you think you know in order to rebuild. “All the Silent Spaces: A Memoir, by Christine Ristaino, is a deep and lyrical memoir about how a vicious assault affected all aspects of the author’s life, and how she found strength to not just endure tragedy but transcend it. This book touches on dynamics one might expect–fear, survival, mistrust, recovery—but also on themes one might not—like race, religion, poverty, and politics.”. She teaches Italian language and literature at Emory University and advises three student groups on social justice issues. Christine Ristaino, a dynamic speaker on becoming whole after sexual violence, published her memoir on July 9, , a project 12 years in the making. ALL THE SILENT SPACES outlines her experience revisiting rape and molestation after being attacked in a parking lot in front of her 3- and 5-year old children.