The Future Tense of Joy
DoppelHouse Press (Verlag)
978-1-954600-90-4 (ISBN)
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of memory and healing by a survivor sexual assault grappling with her lost
childhood as she refuses to let her experience of violence define her future. For readers of Jeanette Walls, Alexandra Fuller, and anyone who has struggled to hope, to heal, and to forgive.
When Jessica Teich happens upon the obituary of a fellow Rhodes scholar named Lacey, she vows to unravel the truth behind the young woman’s suicide. As Lacey’s story unspools, Teich begins to detect ghostly links to her own life, forcing her to reflect on her own anguished past. A funny, probing and deeply affecting book, The Future Tense of Joy is the luminous account of one woman’s efforts to free herself—and her family—from the demons of her memory. The book explores the daily upheavals of marriage and motherhood, even as it exposes the treachery of silence and honors the consoling power of love.
“'No one was less likely to take her own life.' That’s what her Oxford thesis advisor said. From the moment I stumbled across her obituary, late at night when I couldn’t sleep, I was captivated. This brilliant woman seemed incandescent. She was funny and gifted and generous and beloved. Twenty-six years old, and a newlywed. Why would she decide to die?"
“Jessica Teich’s understanding of trauma is the infallible authority upon which her tale rests. But the delicacy and nuance with which she renders this story is that of a poet. This beautiful, compassionately imagined book will bring a pang of recognition to anyone who has traveled to young adulthood from a wounded adolescence via the quest for ‘perfection.’” —MERYL STREEP
Jessica Teich is a writer and mother, an abuse survivor, and an advocate for others who have suffered violence or sexual assault. She graduated from Yale and received an MPhil from Oxford, where she was one of the first female Rhode scholars. Her previous book, Trees Make The Best Mobiles: Simple Ways To Raise Your Child In A Complex World, appeared in Vanity Fair, People, Us, and The Chicago Tribune, and was featured on the Today show. For almost a decade, Teich worked as a literary manager at the Mark Taper Forum, commissioning and developing plays. She subsequently received a grant to write and direct a movie for the Directing Workshop for Women at the American Film Institute. Teich served as head of the Biography committee for The Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and her articles have appeared in The Nation, The Atlantic, The Washington Post, and numerous other publications. She lives in Los Angeles with her husband, two daughters, and dog.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 18.6.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Illustrations |
| Verlagsort | Los Angeles |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 228 mm |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-954600-90-9 / 1954600909 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-954600-90-4 / 9781954600904 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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