We continue on with SheWritesPress’, THE MAGIC OF MEMOIR month with Alice Tallmadge’s, I CAN SEE THE MOON: A Story of A Social Panic, False Memories and a Life Cut Short.
A memoir of the mind-boggling social panic that swept the country in the 1980s and 1990s, resulting in dozens of daycare workers being accused or convicted of heinous sex crimes involving children—despite a consistent lack of evidence supporting the charges. Women began recalling episodes of ritual abuse by members of satanic cults, and diagnoses of multiple personality disorder spiked.
In trying to understand the suicide of her twenty-three year-old niece, the author discovers that what she thought was an isolated tragedy was, in face, part of a much larger social phenomenon that sucked in individuals from all walks of life—with devastating consequences.
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Alice Tallmadge has been a reporter, writer, and editor since receiving her master’s degree from the University of Oregon’s School of Journalism in 1987. She was a correspondent for The Oregonian newspaper from 1999 to 2005, and a reporter and assistant editor for the Eugene Weekly in the 1990s. Her essays and stories have appeared in Portland Magazine, Forest Magazine, Oregon Humanities, the Register-Guard, Oregon Quarterly, and The New York Times. Her guidebook for juvenile sex offenders, Tell It Like It Is, was published by Safer Society Press in 1998. She was an adjunct instructor at the University of Oregon School of Journalism and Communication from 2008 to 2014. She is currently a freelance editor.
http://www.Alice-Tallmadge.com
Thanks to SheWritesPress, we have one copy of NOW I CAN SEE THE MOON to giveaway. Just tell us if you’re familiar with any stories of child daycare abuse. I remember the McMartin’s in Southern California.
We’ll choose a winner soon. Good luck.
GIVEAWAY: USA please only.
I don’t remember any one particular case, but do remember reading about a number of them.
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I’ve suffered abuse from an ex and now deal with PTSD… Would love to read your book
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No I’m not familiar with any child daycare abuse. Would like to read this book, think it would be interesting.
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i remeber hearing a few stories here in Kentucky. i just remember how awful it was and sadly is still at times.
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I don’t remember these stories but the book would be fascinating.
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I remember the McMartin’s, too. Sadly, I have read several articles of where abuse did take place in daycare centers. It always make me sad. I was fortunate to be able to be a stay-at-home mom and care for my children. I care for my grandson now.
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I don’t know of any cases personally but have read many cases in the news. Very sad all of them. Thanks for the chance to win.
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When I lived in Rochester NY I remember a couple of cases. In fact my best friend adopted a boy that was beaten and thrown down a flight of stairs and now suffers with brain damage. It is so sad. The parents were unable to care for him and give him up for adoption. I would love to read this book. Thank you for the chance.
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I have not heard stories about daycare abuse. How scary!
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One of my friend’s daughter was abused by her daycare provider. She died eight months later, they were devastated.
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I, too, remember the McMartin Preschool trial in Southern California. I believe it lasted a good 6 years….with no convictions.
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I’m not familiar with any childcare abuse.
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