Tiger, Tiger A Memoir

Summary: A devastating memoir of stolen childhood, Tiger, Tiger has sold in 19 countries and is poised to be an international sensation. One summer day, Margaux Fragoso swam up to Peter Curran at a public swimming pool and asked him to play. She was seven; he was fifty-one. When Curran invited her and her mom to see his house, the little girl found a child's dream world, full of odd pets and books and music and magical toys. Margaux 's mother was devoted, but, beset by mental illness and frightened of her abusive husband, she was only too ready to take advantage of an escape for the daughter she felt i.

Record details

ISBN: 9781553658566 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1553658566 (electronic bk.)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (427 p.)
Publisher: New York : Douglas & McIntyre, 2011.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Description based upon print version of record.

Formatted Contents Note:

Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Prologue; Part One; 1. "Can I Play With You?"; 2. The Two-Story House; 3. A Bad Habit; 4. Savages; 5. Higher, Higher; 6. "Eight Is The Most Beautiful Age For A Girl"; 7. Karen, My Sister, My Sister; 8. "Only If You Want To"; 9. "It's Not Wrong To Love You"; 10. "There's Something Very Wrong With That Man"; 11. Circle, Circle, Dot, Dot; 12. The Flowering Nightgown; 13. Our Little Secret; Part Two; 14. The Reunion; 15. The Dowry; 16. Cathy And Paul; 17. Rescue Me; 18. Nina; 19. The Falls; 20. "The Devil Made Me Do It"