Name: Tiger, Tiger
Rating: 3.7 (10 reviews)
ISBN: 9780374277628

Margaux Fragoso

Describes the tragic family conditions that led to the author's victimization at the hands of a pedophile, describing how her abuser became an insidious part of every aspect of her young life and traumatized her for more than 14 years before he committed suicide. 100,000 first printing.

A Memoir

Tiger, Tiger

A Washington Post Notable Nonfiction Book for 2011 A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 TitleTiger, Tiger is a Publishers Weekly Best Nonfiction title for 2011A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction of 2011 title One summer day, Margaux Fragoso meets Peter Curran at the neighborhood swimming pool, and they begin to play. She is seven; he is fifty-one. When Peter invites her and her mother to his house, the little girl finds a child’s paradise of exotic pets and an elaborate backyard garden. Her mother, beset by mental illness and overwhelmed by caring for Margaux, is grateful for the attention Peter lavishes on her, and he creates an imaginative universe for her, much as Lewis Carroll did for his real-life Alice.In time, he insidiously takes on the role of Margaux’s playmate, father, and lover.

Tiger Tiger

Genuinely a hard read simply because of the traumatic events the author had to go through. I just want to give her a hug… no one should ever have to survive this, but she is so unbelievably strong.

Lexi 

Grace K

I feel so conflicted about this book! Obviously as I read it in two days it gripped me intensely, however in this instance this is not a positive 'can't put it down' feeling. After reading the blurb I was curious and wanted to know the outcome of the memoir but after halfway through I felt very uncomfortable with the subject and the sensitive matter that was factual and all too real. However the other half of me feels that this is so necessary and needs to be discussed and addressed as it currently exists as a taboo topic, similar to addictions of other kinds. I can't really say that I enjoyed this read, however I am glad that I read it and agree with Fragoso in that proper handling of this psychological disorder.

Tiger, Tiger A Memoir

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