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This book tells two stories at once: one of the author's journey to Antarctica in search of whiteness and oblivion, and one of her lack of a journey, following a brutally difficult childhood, to find out whether her mother has died or not. Jenny Diski writes with disarming clarity and surprising beauty, especially about Antarctica. I admit that I got bored with the abusive-mother thread — not to denigrate or disrespect Diski's experience, which she describes well and poignantly; but I much

In "Skating To Antarctica" author Jenny Diski weaves a transfixing memoir of her journey to Antarctica with her thoughts and memories of childhood to create an original masterpiece. Diski grew up with abusive and suicidal parents who fought constantly and provided little support or love to their daughter. Jenny struggled with depression as a teen and slipped in and out of psychiatric wards. When Jenny was eighteen years old, living in a foster home, her father died and soon after her mother

As an adult she finds a new haven: the boundless, blank iciness of Antarctica where everything "is colored white and filled with a singing silence."This blistering account interweaves the story