Welcome to Wherever We Are
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-1-9788-0892-8 (ISBN)
Winner of the 2022 Memoir Prize for Books - Caregiving category
ESS Public Sociology Award
Recommended Book in Domestic Violence by DomesticShelters.org
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.
Questions for Discussion (https://d3tto5i5w9ogdd.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/11140346/Cohan_Discussion.docx)
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.
Introduction
Phone Calls
The Diaries
Messages
Accidents
Sugar
The Dinner Table
The Kaleidoscope
Medical Records
The Gold Pen
The Volunteer
Random Acts of Kindness
Death Notice
Obituary
Ashes
Birthday Letter
Re-learning to Fly
The Birth(day) Ring
Worry Machine
Change of Address
Epilogue
Acknowledgements
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.12.2019 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 1 image |
| Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 127 x 203 mm |
| Gewicht | 397 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Sozialpädagogik | |
| Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-9788-0892-5 / 1978808925 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-9788-0892-8 / 9781978808928 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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