The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief

By: Peg Conway

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Synopsis: If your mom is dead, is she still your mom? At twenty-five—nearly two decades after losing her mother to breast cancer as a little girl—an accident on a downtown street unleashes startling emotional reactions in Peg Conway, and this question starts to percolate. She comes to understand what she&’s experiencing as long-buried childhood grief, and as she marries and becomes a mother herself, Peg&’s intense feelings challenge her to offer herself compassion. Gradually she confronts how growing up surrounded by silence in a family that moved on from sorrow had caused her to suppress her mother&’s memory for far too long. Ultimately, after excavating all the layers, Peg finds her mom again, and in the process discovers that truth, no matter how painful, heals.

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9781647422165
Related ISBNs:: 9781647422158
Publisher:: She Writes Press
Date of Addition:: 08/02/24
Copyrighted By:: Peg Conway
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Health, Mind and Body, Psychology
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.