Cohan Deborah J. Cohan

Welcome to Wherever We Are (eBook, PDF)

A Memoir of Family, Caregiving, and Redemption

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Produktbeschreibung

Winner of the 2022 Memoir Prize for Books - Caregiving category?ESS Public Sociology Award?Recommended Book in Domestic Violence by DomesticShelters.orgHow do you go about caregiving for an ill and elderly parent with a lifelong history of abuse and control, intertwined with expressions of intense love and adoration? How do you reconcile the resulting ambivalence, fear, and anger? Welcome to Wherever We Are is a meditation on what we hold onto, what we let go of, how we remember others and ultimately how we re remembered. Deborah Cohan shares her story of caring for her father, a man who was simultaneously loud, gentle, loving and cruel and whose brilliant career as an advertising executive included creating slogans like Hey, how bout a nice Hawaiian punch? Wrestling with emotional extremes that characterize abusive relationships, Cohan shows how she navigated life with a man who was at once generous and affectionate, creating magical coat pockets filled with chocolate kisses when she was a little girl, yet who was also prone to searing, vicious remarks like You d make my life easier if you d commit suicide. In this gripping memoir, Cohan tells her unique personal story while also weaving in her expertise as a sociologist and domestic abuse counselor to address broader questions related to marriage, violence, divorce, only children, intimacy and loss. A story most of us can relate to as we reckon with past and future choices against the backdrop of complicated family dynamics, Welcome to Wherever We Are is about how we might come to live our own lives better amidst unpredictable changes through grief and healing.Questions for Discussion (https://d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/11140346/Cohan_Discussion.docx)

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Seitenzahl: 184
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781978808959
• Artikelnr.: 72430965

Autorenporträt

Deborah J. Cohan is a professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort. Alongside her many academic publications, she is the author of the popular blog “Social Lights” for Psychology Today.  

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction                                                                                                               
1. Phone
Calls                                                                                                    
2. The
Diaries                                                                                                     
3.
Messages                                                                                                        
4.
Accidents                                                                                                       
5.
Sugar                                                                                                              
6. The Dinner
Table                                                                                           
7. The
Kaleidoscope                                                                                          
8. Medical
Records                                                                                            
9. The Gold
Pen                                                                                                 
10. The
Volunteer                                                                                                
11. Random Acts of
Kindness                                                                             
12. Death
Notice                                                                                                  
13.
Obituary                                                                                                         
14.
Ashes                                                                                                             
15. Birthday
Letter                                                                                              
16. Re-learning to
Fly                                                                                          
17. The Birth(day)
Ring                                                                                      
18. Worry
Machine                                                                                              
19. Change of
Address                                                                                        
Epilogue
Acknowledgements