Welcome to wherever we are: a memoir of family, caregiving and redemption
Publication details: Rutgers University Press, 2020. New Brunswick:Description: viii, 247 p.; hb; 21 cmISBN:- 9781978808928
- 306.874 COH
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306.85 640 FOX Home: a very short introduction | 306.850954 SHA Family in India : critical essays | 306.850973 FOL Valuing children: rethinking the economics of the family | 306.874 COH Welcome to wherever we are: a memoir of family, caregiving and redemption | 306.87430954 MAJ Transnational commercial surrogacy and the (un)making of kin in India | 306.9 LAQ Work of the dead: a cultural history of mortal remains | 306.909728109021 MES Embodied lives : figuring ancient Maya and Egyptian experience |
How 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.
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