Remembering Satan/a Case of Recovered Memory and the Shattering of an American Family - Hardcover

Wright, Lawrence

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0679431551 ISBN 13: 9780679431558

Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc, 1994

Synopsis

An exploration of the issue of recovering repressed memories, their validity, and how the brain works focuses on the case of a Washington deputy sheriff, accused of sexual abuse by his daughters, who himself eventually "remembered" taking part in Satanic rites

About this title

Review:

"A fantastic case reverberating with questions about the nature of memory itself.... A thoughtful and gripping book."

-- The New York Times

"This is a cautionary tale of immense value, told with rare intelligence, restraint and compassion. Remembering Satan catapults Wright to the front rank of American journalists." -- Newsweek

About the Author:

Lawrence Wright graduated from Tulane University and spent two years teaching at the American University i Cairo, Egypt. He is a staff writer for the New Yorker and a fellow at the Center of Law and Security at New York University School of Law. The author of five works of nonfiction -- City Children, Country Summer; Inthe New World; Saints and Sinners; Remembering Satan; and Twins -- he has also written a novel, God's Favorite, and was cowriter of the movie The Siege. He and his wife are longtime residents of Austin, Texas.

About this edition

• Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Inc
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0679431551
• ISBN 13: 9780679431558
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 205