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Considered a national treasure in her native Canada, Sarah Polley is one of the most celebrated and admired actors/directors/producers in Hollywood. Yet, as this revealing collection of six essays proves, her life is rather unknown to many, even her biggest fans. In Run Towards The Danger (taken from the advice she was given by a doctor when she was struggling with the effects of severe concussion) Polley shares the misfortunes that she and her body have endured, sometimes at the hands of others. Going back and forth in time, each essay discusses trauma – from her stage fright, high-risk pregnancy and scoliosis – but perhaps the most impactful is her encounter with Jian Ghomeshi and her exploration of sexual assault. Don’t be put off if that all sounds too depressing, Polley’s writing is wonderful and insightful – just what you expect from such a talented figure.
Julie Vuong
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Run Towards the Danger Synopsis
FROM OSCAR-WINNING DIRECTOR AND SCREENWRITER OF WOMEN TALKING
'Fascinating, harrowing, courageous, and deeply felt... speaks to all who have encountered dark waters and have had to navigate them' MARGARET ATWOOD
Sarah Polley's work as an actor, screenwriter and director is celebrated for its honesty, complexity and deep humanity. She brings all those qualities, along with her exquisite storytelling skills, to these six essays. Each one captures a piece of Polley's life as she remembers it, while at the same time examining the fallibility of memory and the embodied reactions of children and women adapting and surviving. The guiding light is the possibility of experiencing the past anew, as the person she is now but was not then.
In this extraordinary book, Polley explores what it is to live in one's body, in a constant state of becoming, learning and changing. As she was advised after a catastrophic head injury - if we relinquish our protective crouch and run towards the danger, then life can be reset, reshaped and lived afresh.
About This Edition
| ISBN: |
9781914613296 |
| Publication date: |
2nd March 2023 |
| Author: |
Sarah Polley |
| Publisher: |
September an imprint of Duckworth Books |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Pagination: |
272 pages |
| Primary Genre |
Biographies & Autobiographies
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