Faculty Brat
A Memoir of Abuse
by Dominic Bucca
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Pub Date Mar 02 2020 | Archive Date Mar 01 2020
University of Iowa Press | University Of Iowa Press
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Description
At the most prestigious preparatory schools in the United States, the children of educators are referred to as “faculty brats.” Though generally lacking the privilege of the institution’s wealthy students, faculty brats enjoy access to the school’s extensive grounds and facilities and are part of everyday campus life.
Dominic Bucca’s art teacher mother married his music teacher stepfather twice, and the young boy wondered if the union might be twice as strong as a result. Instead, this faculty brat quickly discovered that the marriage was twice as flawed. When Dominic was nine years old, his stepfather began sexually abusing him in the faculty housing attached to the boys’ dorm his parents oversaw. Years later, he found escape by reaching out to his biological father, and learned to split his life between two realities.
For nearly twenty-five years, Bucca hid the secret of his stepfather’s abuse from his mother and sisters. When he decided to tell, hoping to prevent his stepfather from continuing to teach young boys, Bucca discovered the limits of both his family and the legal system.
Advance Praise
“A powerful, heartbreaking, and fearless essay on abuse, family, and the fragmentation of the self, Faculty Brat takes narrative prose to a new and necessary level.”—Susan Steinberg, judge, Iowa Prize for Literary Nonfiction, author, Machine
“The darkness of this unflinching memoir is balanced by the author’s generosity of heart. Although sexual abuse is devastating, Bucca’s emotional authenticity and stunning writing masterfully draw the reader inside his fractured world. The book’s combination of strength and fragility makes this an important and compelling chronicle of literary witness.”—Sue William Silverman, author, Because I Remember Terror, Father, I Remember You
“Faculty Brat is not your ordinary memoir about abuse nor is Dominic Bucca an ordinary writer. Both book and author soar on the wings of talent, truth, and courage. Dominic’s ability to render the most horrific of experiences into a riveting work of art that burns with the need for justice met is breathtaking. Incessantly and beautifully written, Faculty Brat is a dazzling debut from a memoirist whose voice is unforgettable.”—Connie May Fowler, author, Before Women Had Wings
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781609386856 |
| PRICE | $18.00 (USD) |
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Kay O, Reviewer
What a hard book to comprehend. Book showed the courage author had to live it, and then write this book.
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Kristin J, Reviewer
Faculty Brat is one of those powerful and heartbreaking books that needs to be read, even if it's uncomfortable at times. The book also shows the courage of the author, not only by living the life he had, but also finding a voice to write this book.
Angie W, Reviewer
Faculty Brat by Dominic Bucca is a true account of the abuses on one child by his stepfather. It is not an easy read and may cause other survivors to be triggered but, the author is honest and unflinching in his story. Abuse is rampant in our nation and is hidden so often I have to praise the author for his courage.
Thank you Net Galley for the opportunity to read this for a fair review.
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