![]() The turmoil of her childhood would have a strong influence on her writing. Near the end of her life Harrison also claimed that her father had sexually abused her. Her mother, who apparently suffered from mental illness, was emotionally distant and insisted on describing herself as "Barbara's relative", not her mother. ![]() She later described her childhood as deeply troubled. Her parents were first-generation Americans her grandparents were immigrants from Calabria in Southern Italy. 3 Journalism, travel writing and fictionīarbara Grizzuti was born in Queens, New York City, on September 14, 1934.
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