Widows' words : women write on the experience of grief, the first year, the long haul, and everything in between / edited by Nan Bauer-Maglin.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Maglin, Nan Bauer, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Widows.

Widows in literature.

Grief.

Bereavement.

Physical Description:

ix, 270 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New Brunswick, New Jersey : Rutgers University Press, [2019]

Contents:

Part I Prologue-Expectant Widows

What We Were Afraid Of: A Memoir p. 17 / Alice Goode-Elman

The Queen Has Spoken p. 29 / Kelli Dunham

Living a Life p. 33 / Penelope Dugan

Preparing for the Journey through Grief p. 41 / Melanie K. Finney

Deserted/Dumped for a Second Time p. 48 / Nan Bauer-Maglin

From Pre-Widow to Merry Widow p. 52 / Ellen Schrecker

Part II Recent Widows

A Widow's Notes: The First Six Months p. 65 / Nan Bauer-Maglin

My Other Half p. 72 / Raquel Ramkhelawan Interviewed and Maxine Marshall

The Cloak p. 78 / Lauren Vanett

"The Most Precious Fit": A Dialogue with C. S. Lewis's A Grief Observed p. 88 / Alice Derry

On Grief p. 98 / Michele Neff Hernandez

Wedding Rings p. 103 / Elisa Clarke Wadham

The Afterlife of an Archive p. 110 / Deborah G. Kaplan

A Healing Garden p. 115 / P. C. Moorehead

You See, I Told You So! p. 117 / Mimi Schwartz

Yes, I Miss My Husband, but I'm Also Discovering the Pleasures of Living Alone p. 120 / Anne Bernays

Part III Long-Time Widows

The Grief Convention p. 127 / Edie Butler

10 Scary Things I Have Done since My Husband Died p. 133 / Debby Mayer

Being Alone p. 140 / Sonia Jaffe Bobbins

Re-creating My Life p. 143 / Barbara E. Harwell

Becoming Maggie p. 149 / Maggie Madagame

Who I Am Revealed p. 155 / Roni Sherman Ramos

Losing the Artist, Living with His Art p. 159 / Doris Friedensohn

After the Aftermath p. 168 / Nancy H. Womack

Three Poems p. 170 / Joan Michelson

Part IV Unique Takes or Digging Deeper

Widow-to-Widow p. 175 / Tracy Milcendeau and Merle Froschl and Andrea Hirshman and Molly McEneny and Heather Slawecki

Parenting as a Widow p. 185 / Kathleen Fordyce

Memories of a Widow's Daughter p. 190 / Patricia Life

Lost Acts... p. 199 / Nancy Shamban

Dealing with Double Loss: Husband and Hearing p. 204 / Susanne Braham

Synchronicity and the Secular Mind p. 211 / Alice Radosh

Mourning American-Style p. 216 / Parvin Hajizadeh

The Rocks That Bind p. 219 / Jean Y. Leung

On Not Feeling Sad p. 224 / Joan Gussow

What They Don't Tell You p. 229 / Kathryn Temple

Nine Things Resilient People Do after Losing a Spouse or Partner p. 235 / Carrie L. West

Make Lemonade?! p. 243 / Lise Menn

The Missing Vow p. 255 / Christine Silverstein.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9780813599533

0813599539

OCLC:

1044776164