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Excavation: A Memoir

Excavation: A Memoir

Ortiz, Wendy C.

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Publisher Price: $24.00

ISBN10: 0810148609
ISBN13: 9780810148604
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Published: Apr 15 2025
Pages: 296
Weight: 0.70
Height: 1.00 Width: 6.90 Depth: 5.00
Language: English
The acclaimed and groundbreaking memoir from Wendy C. Ortiz

A darkly vibrant and daring memoir, Wendy C. Ortiz's Excavation challenged the standard telling of abuse narratives when first published in 2014; over a decade later, it remains deeply prescient. Set in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley in the late 1980s, the narrative follows the spiraling entanglement between Wendy and her eighth-grade English teacher as she becomes both victim to and participant in a simultaneously predatorial and impassioned relationship. Baited by initial praise and a false sense of control, Wendy tumbles into a dangerous dynamic that spans the duration of her teens. Artfully constructed from her own journals and decades of personal excavation, the story of this secret relationship has imprinted on Wendy and readers alike. A stunningly honest look at memory, agency, and power, Excavation will claim your whole heart.

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