Kiss Me Goodnight: Stories and Poems by Women who Were Girls when Their Mothers Died

Kiss Me Goodnight: Stories and Poems by Women who Were Girls when Their Mothers Died
ISBN-10
0929636333
ISBN-13
9780929636337
Category
American poetry
Language
English
Published
2005
Authors
Ann Murphy O'Fallon, Margaret Noonan Vaillancourt

Description

Losing your mother when very young is a devastating experience. The authors featured in Kiss Me Goodnight recall the lost moments they shared with their mothers, exploring their feelings, longings, and how they have learned to cope with the loss through their adult lives. Unlike other books on motherlessness, Kiss Me Goodnight reveals the experience through stories, poems, and essays givien an intimate and highly personal view of mother loss.

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