The Broken Places

by Joseph McBride

In The Broken Places, Joseph McBride, an internationally acclaimed American cultural historian, recalls his troubled youth in the Midwest during the 1960s. Searingly immediate and yet reflective, this is the author's memoir of his breakdown as a teenager and triumphant recovery. It gives an unsparing look at physical and psychological abuse, family dysfunction and addiction, sexual repression, and Catholic guilt. And at its heart, this is a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1943784124
• ISBN13: 9781943784127
• Release Date: November 2015
• Publisher: Vervante
• Length: 336 Pages