‘Elegant prose … sheds new light on the father-daughter dynamic’
-Boston magazine
Praise for Fatherless WOMEN
‘If it can be said about a book on loss, Fatherless Women is a pleasure to read. Clea Simon is a warm, honest, intelligent, and trustworthy guide, not only for grieving women but for the men who support them. Simon’s insights about father-daughter relationships are profound.’
-Neil Chethik, author of Father Loss
‘Clea Simon deepens our understanding of the complicated emotions daughters feel about fathers, both during life and especially after death. This book will help heal rifts and set stuck energies free.’
-Beth Witrogen Mc Leod, author of Caregiving:
The Spiritual Journey of Love, Loss, and Renewal
‘Unusually candid and often provocative . . . Simon’s book is immensely thought-provoking about a topic that all of us will face.’
-Pauline Boss, Ph.D., author of Ambiguous Loss:
Learning to Live with Unresolved Grief
There is a special bond between a father and a daughter, and when that bond is broken by death, a woman’s life can change in profound and unexpected ways. Clea Simon, critically acclaimed author of Mad House, explores this crucial meeting point of grief and growth by delving into her own experience and those of other women to paint an illuminating portrait of the father-daughter relationship and its lifelong ramifications. Filled with moving stories of real women, this poignant, comforting, and insightful book paves the way for all women to make peace with the past, with the adults they have become, and to courageously face the question: what happens next?
Mục lục
Introduction.
After Daddy.
Reconciling Visions.
Fatherless Girls.
Time for Mourning.
Connecting with a Mate.
Marriages in Transition.
Babies and Mortgages.
Mothers and Daughters.
Work and Self-Image.
When Lives Do Not Change.
The Journey Over Time.
Postscript.
Acknowledgments.
Recommended Reading.
Bibliography.
Index.
Giới thiệu về tác giả
Clea Simon is a Massachusetts-based writer, journalist and a regular contributor to the New York Times, Boston Globe, San Francisco Chronicle, Ms., Rolling Stone and Salon.com. Sheas the author of three nonfiction books, She lives in Cambridge, MA, with her husband, the writer Jon S. Garelick, and their cat, Musetta.http://www.cleasimon.com