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Golden Bruises

By Paul Gillispie

Golden Bruises

By Paul Gillispie

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Golden Bruises is an unflinching memoir of navigating childhood, told through the eyes of a boy who learns to survive in a world where adults repeatedly fail him. It is not about triumph or redemption-it is about endurance.Set in Southern California during the 80s and 90s, Golden Bruises chronicles a childhood shaped by neglect, sexual threat, and instability, where danger often arrives in familiar faces. Left to navigate fear without protection, the narrator develops quiet, methodical strategies to keep himself and his siblings safe-locking doors, watching windows, learning when to stay silent and when to speak. The book traces how a child learns to read adult behavior not for comfort, but for survival.Written with restraint and clarity, Golden Bruises resists the language of healing and closure. Instead, it examines what remains when safety is never guaranteed, and adulthood offers no easy resolution. The narrative refuses spectacle, favoring precision over sentimentality and honesty over catharsis.Golden Bruises will appeal to readers of memoirs like A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara for its emotional endurance; Heavy by Kiese Laymon and Educated by Tara Westover, though Golden Bruises stands apart in its refusal to portray survival as redemption, offering it as a birthright instead.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
228
Release Date:
2026-01-30
Publication Date:
2026-01-30
Publisher:
Infinite Pages Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN13:
9798993399003
Minimum Reading Age:
18
Maximum Reading Age:
18
Weight:
319 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
210 cm
Thickness:
14 cm
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