{"product_id":"a-silent-treatment-a-memoir-hardcover","title":"A Silent Treatment: A Memoir - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJeannie Vanasco\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eShe did it to my dad, though. They used the silent treatment on each other, she explained, because they didn't want to say something they'd regret.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e What does she want to say now that she'd regret?\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Jeannie Vanasco's mother starts using the silent treatment not long after moving into the renovated apartment within Jeannie's home. The silences begin at any perceived slight. Her shortest period of silence lasts two weeks. Her longest, six months. As Vanasco guides us through her mother's childhood, their shared past, and the devastating silence of their present, she paints a layered, complicated portrait of a mother and daughter looking, failing, and--in big and small ways--succeeding to understand each other. In the margins of her research, at her kitchen table with her partner, in phone calls to friends, and in delightful hey google queries, Vanasco explores the loneliness and isolation of silence as punishment, both in her own life and beyond it, and confronts her greatest fear: that her mother will never speak to her again.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e From the acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eThings We Didn't Talk About When I was a Girl\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Glass Eye\u003c\/em\u003e, Jeannie Vanasco's \u003cem\u003eA Silent Treatment\u003c\/em\u003e is a searingly honest and lasting testament to the power of all things left unsaid.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJeannie Vanasco\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of the memoirs \u003ci\u003eThings We Didn't Talk About When I Was a Girl\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Glass Eye\u003c\/i\u003e. Born and raised in Sandusky, Ohio, she lives in Baltimore and is an associate professor of English at Towson University.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.8 x 5.3 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 09, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44808893333606,"sku":"9781963108453","price":35.07,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/1qduZaEeca9781963108453.webp?v=1771541722","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/a-silent-treatment-a-memoir-hardcover","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}