Sensitive
eBook - ePub

Sensitive

My Journey through a Toxic World

  1. 295 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sensitive

My Journey through a Toxic World

About this book

In this wry memoir, a Harvard-educated CPA with debilitating chemical intolerance digs deep in her family history to uncover the childhood trigger for her illness. Tackling themes of truth, loss, acceptance, and empowerment, Pookie Sekmet interweaves her personal story with timely guidance on the importance of avoiding toxic chemicals in cars, consumer products, and indoor environments; overcomes family trauma and mysterious chronic health struggles with determination and humor; builds an unconventional new life; and, finally, becomes a whistleblower within a corrupt and patriarchal corporate culture—and achieves righteous justice. Think Titus Andronicus, but with a slight woman in her mid-fifties with defiantly bad hair—wearing worn overalls and a home-sewn hemp jersey top—standing tall among the corpses.
Our society has become polarized by leaders seeking to consolidate exploitative power through the imposition of magical thinking and untruths. Through the story of her struggles and ultimate triumph, Sekmet lays bare the underlying selfishness, heedlessness, and lies of many of our political, societal, and business structures and offers a reality-based and practical path to self-protection—and even empowerment.

Information

Publisher
She Writes Press
Year
2019
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781631526190
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1 - The Questions
  7. Chapter 2 - The Big Life
  8. Chapter 3 - The Mask
  9. Chapter 4 - The True Nobility
  10. Chapter 5 - Change in Dad
  11. Chapter 6 - Domestic Violence
  12. Chapter 7 - Travel
  13. Chapter 8 - Beauty and the Secret Society
  14. Chapter 9 - Typical Day
  15. Chapter 10 - Journal
  16. Chapter 11 - Brain Stimulation
  17. Chapter 12 - Senior Year
  18. Chapter 13 - High School Clothes
  19. Chapter 14 - Left College
  20. Chapter 15 - Bruce
  21. Chapter 16 - Visit to Doctor
  22. Chapter 17 - Dad and Money
  23. Chapter 18 - The Snapshots
  24. Chapter 19 - The Worm Turns
  25. Chapter 20 - Deposition
  26. Chapter 21 - So Many Lies
  27. Chapter 22 - Trouble at Jobs
  28. Chapter 23 - Therapy
  29. Chapter 24 - InsCo
  30. Chapter 25 - The Big Sick
  31. Chapter 26 - The Worst Shock
  32. Chapter 27 - How Many Beans Make Five
  33. Chapter 28 - The Wall of Books
  34. Chapter 29 - The Bedbug
  35. Chapter 30 - Call with Kirsten
  36. Chapter 31 - Medical Case History
  37. Chapter 32 - Pookie as Faust
  38. Chapter 33 - Revenge on Mom
  39. Chapter 34 - Disgruntlement
  40. Chapter 35 - Big Cool Friend
  41. Chapter 36 - Stick, then Carrot
  42. Chapter 37 - The Slow Bleed
  43. Chapter 38 - The Field Exam
  44. Chapter 39 - Dad Dead and Brother
  45. Chapter 40 - Who I Am Now
  46. Chapter 41 - Who Was My Mother?
  47. Chapter 42 - The Naked Fucker
  48. Chapter 43 - The Plumbers
  49. Afterword
  50. Appendix - Resources and Basic Protocols

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