Second Sight - Softcover

Diamond, Rickey

3.19

21 ratings by Goodreads

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0934971552 ISBN 13: 9780934971553

Publisher: Calyx Books, 1997

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Set in 1973, when the concept of domestic violence barely existed, Second Sight is the haunting story of one family's web of violence and a woman's will to survive. Stoic Gabrielle Bissonette and Valley, her vulnerable sister-in-law, become close as they negotiate the increasing instability of Robert, Gabrielle's brother. A decade later, in journal entries woven through the gripping narrative, Gabrielle struggles to understand the tragedy she has survived and discovers the strength and forgiveness that grant her 'second sight.'

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Calyx Books makes editorial decisions collectively and thrives on conversations about literature. We found Second Sight spellbinding. It is a novel that gathers speed as it is read, and has lasting revelations. We found ourselves pondering domestic violence and the definition of a victim; we discussed hunting and vegetarianism; we talked about the intereaction of one's home communities, the difficulty of reconciling rural and academic languages and the impact of Ernest Hemingway's writing. Rickey Gard Diamond has created an extraordinatry heroine, one who redefines what it means to be a woman.

From the Author:

I grew up spending a great deal of time in the woods with my father, an outdoors editor. One of my earliest conflicts may have been about the unspoken, automatic exclusion of girls from hunting--although my sympathies were with the animals. So Gabrielle, the hunter, surprised me. When I decided to follow her deeper into my imagination, I discovered two ways of hunting, two ways of being in the world really--collecting trophies to prove your dominance or respecting how much your own life costs, your inevitable impact on the earth. Reviewers often remark on my depiction of male violence against women, but I'm writing about many kinds --physical, emotional and, not least of all, economic violence and how American that is.

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