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Shattered

by Arthur Boers
Andre Dubus
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A sensitive and penetrating reflection on coming of age in a Dutch immigrant family scarred by violence  
 
Arthur Boers’s earliest memory was of shattered glass. His father threw a potted plant at his mother, and she ducked as the plant crashed through a window of the family home. His mother cleaned up the shards that day; later in life, he would find himself called upon to pick up the pieces as well.  
 
In Shattered, Boers reflects on coming of age in a family scarred by violence. The son of Dutch immigrants, Boers illuminates the generational trauma of the Nazi occupation of Holland, refracted in vignettes of his boyhood in postwar Canada. His hard-working, Calvinist family is endearing but ultimately unable to address the insidious cycle of abuse that passed father to son. Breaking with this silence and complicity, Boers reflects candidly and empathetically on his tumultuous relationship with his father. Intertwined with this narrative is his emerging vocation to ministry, more mystical and expressive than the Reformed tradition in which he was raised. 
 
Forthright and authentic, Boers extends a hand in solidarity to readers who have been wounded by those who were meant to protect them the most. With Shattered, he charts a path toward healing through faith.
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Publisher: Eerdmans

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  • ISBN: 9781467465564
  • Release date: May 9, 2023

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  • ISBN: 9781467465564
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Biography & Autobiography Family & Relationships Self-Improvement Nonfiction

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A sensitive and penetrating reflection on coming of age in a Dutch immigrant family scarred by violence  
 
Arthur Boers’s earliest memory was of shattered glass. His father threw a potted plant at his mother, and she ducked as the plant crashed through a window of the family home. His mother cleaned up the shards that day; later in life, he would find himself called upon to pick up the pieces as well.  
 
In Shattered, Boers reflects on coming of age in a family scarred by violence. The son of Dutch immigrants, Boers illuminates the generational trauma of the Nazi occupation of Holland, refracted in vignettes of his boyhood in postwar Canada. His hard-working, Calvinist family is endearing but ultimately unable to address the insidious cycle of abuse that passed father to son. Breaking with this silence and complicity, Boers reflects candidly and empathetically on his tumultuous relationship with his father. Intertwined with this narrative is his emerging vocation to ministry, more mystical and expressive than the Reformed tradition in which he was raised. 
 
Forthright and authentic, Boers extends a hand in solidarity to readers who have been wounded by those who were meant to protect them the most. With Shattered, he charts a path toward healing through faith.
Expand title description text
Biography & Autobiography Family & Relationships Self-Improvement Nonfiction
  • Details

    Publisher:
    Eerdmans

    OverDrive Read
    ISBN: 9781467465564
    Release date: May 9, 2023

    EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781467465564
    File size: 990 KB
    Release date: May 9, 2023

    Open EPUB ebook
    ISBN: 9781467465564
    File size: 1003 KB
    Release date: May 9, 2023

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    OverDrive Read
    EPUB ebook
    Open EPUB ebook
  • Languages
    English
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