An Angle of Light

About the Book

In An Angle of Light a young woman in five different stages of life struggles to establish a coherent identity. Cut off from memories of sexual abuse, compelled to relive what she cannot remember, she is driven to constantly re-invent herself. Unable to learn from experience, she repeats the cycle time and again: optimism giving way to despair, then hope once more restored. Taken together these stories portray the inner life of a dissociated personality while bringing to light those character strengths which suggest a movement toward recovery.

About the Author

Luisa Smith was born in Siberia, Russia in 1944, where her Jewish parents survived Nazi persecution. They arrived in New York in 1951, where t he author grew up and earned her B.A. and M.A. degrees in English Literature at Queens College. She taught High School English in New York City for 23 years, and is currently living with her husband at Lake Tahoe.