Tiger, Tiger: A Memoir
Mar 2011 · Macmillan + ORM
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A "shocking, revelatory, and fearless" memoir of abuse and survival: "As the story of a victim, it is gripping; as a work of literature, it's a triumph" (Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones).
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011
A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 Title
One summer day, Margaux Fragoso makes a new friend at the neighborhood swimming pool. She is seven; Peter Curran is fifty-one. He then invites her and her mother to his house, a child's paradise of exotic pets and an elaborate backyard garden. Margaux's mentally ill mother is grateful for the attention Peter lavishes on her, and he creates an imaginative universe for her, much as Lewis Carroll did for his real-life Alice.
In time, he insidiously takes on the role of Margaux's playmate, father, and lover. Charming and manipulative, Peter burrows into every aspect of Margaux's life and transforms her from a child fizzing with imagination and affection into a brainwashed young woman on the verge of suicide. But when she is twenty-two, it is Peter—ill, and wracked with guilt—who kills himself, at the age of sixty-six.
Told with lyricism, depth, and mesmerizing clarity, Tiger, Tiger vividly illustrates the healing power of memory and disclosure. This extraordinary memoir is an unprecedented glimpse into the psyche of a young girl in free fall and conveys to readers—including parents and survivors of abuse—just how completely a pedophile enchants his victim and binds her to him.
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011
A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 Title
One summer day, Margaux Fragoso makes a new friend at the neighborhood swimming pool. She is seven; Peter Curran is fifty-one. He then invites her and her mother to his house, a child's paradise of exotic pets and an elaborate backyard garden. Margaux's mentally ill mother is grateful for the attention Peter lavishes on her, and he creates an imaginative universe for her, much as Lewis Carroll did for his real-life Alice.
In time, he insidiously takes on the role of Margaux's playmate, father, and lover. Charming and manipulative, Peter burrows into every aspect of Margaux's life and transforms her from a child fizzing with imagination and affection into a brainwashed young woman on the verge of suicide. But when she is twenty-two, it is Peter—ill, and wracked with guilt—who kills himself, at the age of sixty-six.
Told with lyricism, depth, and mesmerizing clarity, Tiger, Tiger vividly illustrates the healing power of memory and disclosure. This extraordinary memoir is an unprecedented glimpse into the psyche of a young girl in free fall and conveys to readers—including parents and survivors of abuse—just how completely a pedophile enchants his victim and binds her to him.
A "shocking, revelatory, and fearless" memoir of abuse and survival: "As the story of a victim, it is gripping; as a work of literature, it's a triumph" (Alice Sebold, author of The Lovely Bones).
A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011
A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 Ti...
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Scott Hamilton
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June 28, 2017
My heart goes out to her as a victim but her writing is terrible. This reads like a high school creative writing course assignment. I would not recommend this at all.
A Google user
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November 6, 2017
very smart and daring what can you even say when at some point she says he saved her life she would have killed himself without that man's attention and he was not portrayed as a monster because he was not a monster in that sense he had a certain mental strength being called a monster all your life just for certain tastes weather you act on them or not can in fact turn you into a monster
A Google user
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September 13, 2012
It was a in side look at how a person can manipulate a child amd make them believe what they're doing is okay iam angry that this is being done everyday to kids . It was a good book but i wanted to vomit though most of it
About the author
Margaux Fragoso (1979 - 2017) completed her PhD in English and creative writing at Binghamton University. Her short stories and poems appeared in The Literary Review and Barrow Street, among other literary journals. She is the author of the memoir, Tiger, Tiger.
Margaux Fragoso (1979 - 2017) completed her PhD in English and creative writing at Binghamton University. Her short stories and poems appeared in The Literary Review and Barrow Street, among other literary journals. She is the author of the memoir, Tiger, Tiger.
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