The woman who gave birth to her mother
seven stages of change in women's lives
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Word Count
54,750 words, Guess
Page Count
219 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL351958M
- ISBN-100670880965
- OCLC Control Number504085540
- OCLC Control Number38356052
- Internet Archivewomanwhogavebirt0000cher
and 3 more
- Library of Congress Control Number98011417
- LibraryThing1320044
- Goodreads1275872
Classifications
- DDC155.6/33
- LCCHQ1206 .C49 1998
Description
Chernin explores the stages of change through which women travel, from idealization of the past and revising it: blaming the mother and forgiving her, letting go of her and, ultimately, giving birth to a new self. Chernin's tales of women's transformations are arresting and full of depth: one woman, adopted as a child, embarks on a journey to locate her birth mother; another finds the source of a voice that haunts her - the voice of her daughter, given up at birth; a third unlocks her own creative process and paints her way out of a painful symbiosis. Framing these stories is the narrative of Chernin's relationship with her own daughter and the insights won from three generations of women in her family.
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