Anger Is My Middle Name, Lisbeth Zornig Andersen
Anger Is My Middle Name, Lisbeth Zornig Andersen
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Anger Is My Middle Name
A Memoir

Author: Lisbeth Zornig Andersen, Mark Mussari

Narrator: Stina Nielsen

Unabridged: 7 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2020

Synopsis

An empowering memoir of resilience and redemption, and the rage that helped a girl escape the darkness of a harrowing childhood.Born to a violently dysfunctional home in working-class Denmark, Lisbeth Zornig Andersen and her three older brothers were bounced between foster care and state-run institutions, then back again to their chemically dependent mother and sadistic stepfather. For Lisbeth, it was a childhood without perimeters. It was blighted by poverty, sexual abuse, neglect, betrayal, and further victimization by the broken Danish social services system that forced Lisbeth to live where and how it saw fit. Coming of age with a myriad of fears and emotional disorders, Lisbeth had three things that would become driving forces in her life: she was extraordinarily bright, extremely willful, and exceptionally angry.From hell to liberation, this is Lisbeth’s emotional and galvanizing memoir told in two voices: that of a young girl who was unwanted, challenged, and defiant, and that of a woman who channeled her rage into a positive force as a passionate advocate for children’s rights. Whatever darkness defines the past, it can be used to change the future. Lisbeth’s heart-wrenching and ultimately uplifting journey is proof.

About Lisbeth Zornig Andersen

Lisbeth Zornig Andersen is a former children’s ombudsman in Denmark and the author of the bestselling memoir Anger Is My Middle Name, her first work to be translated into English. Already well known in Denmark for her advocacy and for My Childhood in Hell, a documentary detailing her early years, Lisbeth received global recognition in 2015 when she was charged and later sentenced for picking up a family of Syrian refugees in her car. This simple act of charity earned coverage in such publications as the Washington Post, Le Monde, the Guardian, and the Huffington Post and on air at the BBC and Al Jazeera, igniting an international debate about the ethics and legality of humanitarian aid. Lisbeth has also founded her own advisory consultancy and charitable foundation, where she continues her socially centered work.

Reviews

Goodreads review by George Stenger on February 27, 2025

A very heart rendering memoir about Lisbeth growing up in horrific conditions. She was physically, emotionally, and sexually abused. Her birth mother and father appeared to be alcoholics and could not provide the support that Lisbeth and her 3 brothers needed. After her birth parents divorce, her mo......more

Goodreads review by Dana on January 10, 2020

I honestly don't even feel right about writing a review regarding something that was so incredibly heartbreaking. This memoir will rip your heart out and stomp on it. I can't even begin to put into words how devastating this read was. Thank you Lisbeth for being brave and sharing your story with us.......more

Goodreads review by ileen lowery on February 15, 2020

Shock It’s rather difficult to understand how a small child can go through so much and yet be clever enough to hide her inner most fears and still surface as a well educated adult and help her own children to become rounded individuals surround by love and determinative - lots of evil to overcome and......more

Goodreads review by Melanie on January 09, 2020

Anger Is My Middle Name is a heart-wrenching, disturbing, and raw memoir about a girl who has experienced so much, and has shown immense bravery and courage to share her story with the world. She does this to educate others; to encourage people to speak up; to help people recognize the signs of some......more

Goodreads review by Lili on February 03, 2020

Moving It's always difficult to review a memoir like this one, one certainly can't say "I thoroughly enjoyed this book about a hellish childhood" but, as a fellow survivor, I felt touched and less alone by hearing her story.......more

Quotes

“This is a triumphant, empowering book that calls into question current patterns of intervention and challenges popular conceptions about what it means to believe young girls…A potent memoir of fragility and transcendence.” —Kirkus Reviews“This inspiring story of overcoming unimaginable adversity will be welcomed by a wide range of readers.” —Library Journal

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