Document Type

Podcast

Publication Date

10-7-2010

Publisher

Black Mountain Institute; KNPR

Abstract

"What is rape?" Mary-Ann Tirone Smith asked her father when he walked through the door. She was in grade school. She had just read an article about a man who assaulted and murdered her 11-year-old friend. Her father sent her to her room and refused to talk about it. Children were locked inside their homes, and police scoured the town for the perpetrator. In her memoir, Girls of Tender Age, Author Mary-Ann Tirone Smith reflects back on her innocent childhood in Connecticut, how a pedophile changed everything, and why her suppressed memories didn't surface until decades later.

Keywords

Autobiography; Coming of age; Connecticut; Pedophilia; Rape; Recovered memory

Disciplines

American Literature | Arts and Humanities | Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies | Women's Studies

Language

English

Comments

Audio file size: 15.8 megabytes

This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of "KNPR's State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See KNPR's website for more information.

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