Autobiography of a Sea Creature

Healing the Trauma of Infant Surgery

De: Wendy Patrice Williams

Narrado por: Kathleen Li

Operated on as an infant, without anesthesia, Wendy P. Williams began life at war with her body. There were tubes everywhere, in and out of every opening, her mother reminded her on every anniversary of her surgery. Autobiography of a Sea Creature takes listeners on Williams’ difficult sensory journey toward healing, as she communes along the way with horseshoe crabs, dolphins, and other marine life that taught her the restorative power of beauty, resilience, and interdependence. At times luscious and lyrical, at other times analytical and reflective, this literary memoir portrays the dissociative experience of trauma and the roots of self-destructive cycles, as well as the tragic results of medical beliefs at the time that infants could not feel pain. Autobiography of a Sea Creature is both a love letter to the earth and a hopeful testament of humans' capacity to heal our deepest wounds.

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Hard Topic, So Good for Those Who’ve Experienced Early Trauma and their Loved Ones

Not what one would call an easy subject, but Wendy treats it with such care, and in sharing her experiences, allows others who’ve also experienced preverbal trauma to feel they are not alone. It was very helpful to me, having a loved one with early medical trauma. I also love the inclusion of brief marine biology stories that parallel the narrative. Beautiful book, and the reader does a fantastic job, too.