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My First Thirty Years by Gertrude Beasley is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is My First Thirty Years about?
"Thirty years ago, I lay in the womb of a woman, conceived in a sexual act of rape, being carried during the prenatal period by an unwilling and rebellious mother, finally bursting from the womb only to be tormented in a family whose members I despised or pitied, and brought into association with people whom I should never have chosen."This is the searing opening to Edna "Gertrude" Beasley's raw and scathing memoir, originally published in Paris in 1925 but ultimately suppressed and lost to history as a banned book—until now. Only five-hundred copies were printed, very few of which made it into readers' hands, having been confiscated by customs inspectors or removed from bookshelves by Texas law enforcement.In 1927, Beasley—a self-proclaimed socialist and staunch feminist who fought for women's rights—disappeared. Her fate remained a mystery until researchers began digging into her story. While living in London, she had been thrown out of her...
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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Gertrude Beasley
- Publisher
- Sourcebooks
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- Category
- work of fiction
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