The lotus eaters : a memoir / Emily Clements.
Publication details: Richmond, Victoria : Hardie Grant Books, 2020.Description: 313 pages ; 24 cmISBN:- 9781743795699
- Clements, Emily
- Clements, Emily -- Travel -- Vietnam
- Clements, Emily -- Relations with men
- Clements, Emily -- Sexual behavior
- Clements, Emily -- Travel
- Clements, Emily -- Sexual behavior
- Clements, Emily -- Relations with men
- Clements, Emily -- Travel -- Vietnam
- Autobiographies
- Biography: general
- Australian literature
- Young women -- Australia -- Biography
- Man-woman relationships
- Self-realization in women
- Australians -- Vietnam -- Anecdotes
- Women authors, Australian -- 21st century -- Biography
- Vietnam -- Social life and customs -- 21st century
- Vietnam -- Description and travel
- Australian
- 915.97 23
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reserves | |
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Book | Melbourne Athenaeum Library | Biography | 915.97 CLE | Issued | 15/04/2024 | 070429 |
Since childhood, Emily Clements' sense of self had always been shaped by the opinions of others and the need to be liked. When a stand-off with her best friend sees nineteen-year-old Emily stranded in Vietnam, she is alone for the first time and a drift in a new environment. With seemingly nothing to lose, she makes the biggest decision of her life - to stay. But Emily'sattempts to bridge a yawning loneliness spur a downward spiral of recklessness, as she hurtles from one sexual encounter to the next. It will take a truly terrifying experience for her to understand that sex is both a weapon and a wound in her battle for self-worth and empowerment. Delicately interweaving past and present,The Lotus Eaters is a sharply written story of self-redemption from an exciting young voice in Australian memoir that dissects the patterns of blame and shame women can form around their bodies and relationships.