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In the Darkroom charts Susan Faludi’s personal journey into the life of her long‑absent father, whose 2004 revelation of a male‑to‑female transition forces a reevaluation of family bonds and self‑definition. Faludi travels from suburban childhood memories through her father’s varied past—an American photographer, an Alpine mountaineer, an Amazon adventurer, and a Jewish refugee in wartime Budapest—to the political climate of modern Hungary, a nation wrestling with its past. Through this odyssey she explores the deeper tensions between chosen identity and inherited narrative, raising questions that resonate for individuals and societies alike.
First publish date: 2016
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Autobiography
Authors: Susan Faludi
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