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What my mother and I don't talk about : fifteen writers break the silence / edited by Michele Filgate.
In this candid look at our relationships with our mothers, fifteen authors write about subjects that they wish they had talked to their mothers about. While some of the writers in this book are estranged from their mothers, others are extremely close. Topics vary widely: from growing up with a deaf mother, to seeking a conversation that won't be interrupted, to relationships affected by the mother's abusive partner. At times humorous, at times tragic, the authors all seek to heal relationships with others and, perhaps most important, with themselves.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982107352 (trade paperback)
- Physical Description: xviii, 267 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition: First Simon & Schuster trade paperback edition.
- Publisher: New York : Simon & Schuster Paperbacks, 2019.
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | What my mother and I don't talk about / by Michele Filgate -- My mother's (gate) keeper / by Cathi Hanauer -- Thesmophoria / by Melissa Febos -- Xanadu / by Alexander Chee -- 16 Minetta Lane / by Dylan Landis -- Fifteen / by Bernice L. McFadden -- Nothing left unsaid / by Julianna Baggott -- The same story about my mom / by Lynn Steger Strong -- While these things/Feel American to me / by Kiese Laymon -- Mother tongue / by Carmen Maria Machado -- Are you listening? / by André Aciman -- Brother, can you spare some change? / by Sari Botton -- Her body/my body / by Nayomi Munaweera -- All about my mother / by Brandon Taylor -- I met fear on the hill / by Leslie Jamison. |
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| Subject: | Mother and child. Mothers. Parent and adult child. |
| Genre: | Essays. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Simon and Schuster
'You will devour these beautifully written'and very important'tales of honesty, pain, and resilience' (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls) from fifteen brilliant writers who explore how what we don't talk about with our mothers affects us, for better or for worse.
As an undergraduate, Michele Filgate started writing an essay about being abused by her stepfather. It took her more than a decade to realize that she was actually trying to write about how this affected her relationship with her mother. When it was finally published, the essay went viral, shared on social media by Anne Lamott, Rebecca Solnit, and many others. This gave Filgate an idea, and the resulting anthology offers a candid look at our relationships with our mothers.
Leslie Jamison writes about trying to discover who her seemingly perfect mother was before ever becoming a mom. In Cathi Hanauer's hilarious piece, she finally gets a chance to have a conversation with her mother that isn't interrupted by her domineering (but lovable) father. André Aciman writes about what it was like to have a deaf mother. Melissa Febos uses mythology as a lens to look at her close-knit relationship with her psychotherapist mother. And Julianna Baggott talks about having a mom who tells her everything.
As Filgate writes, 'Our mothers are our first homes, and that's why we're always trying to return to them.' There's relief in acknowledging how what we couldn't say for so long is a way to heal our relationships with others and, perhaps most important, with ourselves.
Contributions by Cathi Hanauer, Melissa Febos, Alexander Chee, Dylan Landis, Bernice L. McFadden, Julianna Baggott, Lynn Steger Strong, Kiese Laymon, Carmen Maria Machado, André Aciman, Sari Botton, Nayomi Munaweera, Brandon Taylor, and Leslie Jamison. - Simon and Schuster
âYou will devour these beautifully writtenâand very importantâtales of honesty, pain, and resilienceâ (Elizabeth Gilbert, New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love and City of Girls) from fifteen brilliant writers who explore how what we donât talk about with our mothers affects us, for better or for worse.
As an undergraduate, Michele Filgate started writing an essay about being abused by her stepfather. It took her more than a decade to realize that she was actually trying to write about how this affected her relationship with her mother. When it was finally published, the essay went viral, shared on social media by Anne Lamott, Rebecca Solnit, and many others. This gave Filgate an idea, and the resulting anthology offers a candid look at our relationships with our mothers.
Leslie Jamison writes about trying to discover who her seemingly perfect mother was before ever becoming a mom. In Cathi Hanauerâs hilarious piece, she finally gets a chance to have a conversation with her mother that isnât interrupted by her domineering (but lovable) father. André Aciman writes about what it was like to have a deaf mother. Melissa Febos uses mythology as a lens to look at her close-knit relationship with her psychotherapist mother. And Julianna Baggott talks about having a mom who tells her everything.
As Filgate writes, âOur mothers are our first homes, and thatâs why weâre always trying to return to them.â Thereâs relief in acknowledging how what we couldnât say for so long is a way to heal our relationships with others and, perhaps most important, with ourselves.
Contributions by Cathi Hanauer, Melissa Febos, Alexander Chee, Dylan Landis, Bernice L. McFadden, Julianna Baggott, Lynn Steger Strong, Kiese Laymon, Carmen Maria Machado, André Aciman, Sari Botton, Nayomi Munaweera, Brandon Taylor, and Leslie Jamison.
