Shattered: A Son Picks Up the Pieces of His Father's Rage

By: Arthur Boers

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Synopsis: A sensitive and penetrating reflection on coming of age in a Dutch immigrant family scarred by violence Arthur Boers&’s earliest memory was of shattered glass. His father threw a potted plant at his mother, and she ducked as the plant crashed through a window of the family home. His mother cleaned up the shards that day; later in life, he would find himself called upon to pick up the pieces as well. In Shattered, Boers reflects on coming of age in a family scarred by violence. The son of Dutch immigrants, Boers illuminates the generational trauma of the Nazi occupation of Holland, refracted in vignettes of his boyhood in postwar Canada. His hard-working, Calvinist family is endearing but ultimately unable to address the insidious cycle of abuse that passed father to son. Breaking with this silence and complicity, Boers reflects candidly and empathetically on his tumultuous relationship with his father. Intertwined with this narrative is his emerging vocation to ministry, more mystical and expressive than the Reformed tradition in which he was raised. Forthright and authentic, Boers extends a hand in solidarity to readers who have been wounded by those who were meant to protect them the most. With Shattered, he charts a path toward healing through faith.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
Book Size:: 200 Pages
ISBN-13:: 9781467465564
Related ISBNs:: 9780802882462
Publisher:: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.
Date of Addition:: 05/09/23
Copyrighted By:: Arthur Boers
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Parenting and Family, Religion and Spirituality, Psychology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Foreword by:: Andre Dubus III