Wisdom Has a Voice: Every Daughter's Memories of Mother - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1588322173 ISBN 13: 9781588322173

Publisher: Unlimited Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Discover the Hidden Legacies of Daughter-Mother Wisdom... Chosen from a worldwide diversity of backgrounds, women of many generations speak their truths about mother. Stunning in their authenticity, these twenty-five personal narratives deepen our understanding of the profound heritage between mother and daughter. In voices that range from poignant whispers to bright humor, we hear timeless universals about mothering. “Wisdom Has Voice is a weaving of brave stories about the generations—grandmothers, mothers, and daughters. The melodies and colors of these stories take us through themes of joy and sorrow, identity and healing, where we find ourselves musing about time, truth, forgiveness, and love.” Linda Joy Myers President, National Association of Memoir Writers Author of The Power of Memoir

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Chosen from a worldwide diversity of backgrounds, women of many generations speak their truths about mother. Stunning in their authenticity, these twenty-five personal narratives deepen our understanding of the profound heritage between mother and daughter. In voices that range from poignant whispers to bright humor, we hear timeless universals about mothering.

About the Author:

Kate Farrell, founder of the Wisdom Has a Voice project, earned her masters at the School of Library and Information Studies, UC Berkeley. She has been a language arts classroom teacher (pre-school and grades kindergarten through 12th), author, librarian, university lecturer, and storyteller in Northern California since 1966. She founded the Word Weaving Storytelling Project, based on her experience with storytelling and her belief in it, to encourage educators at all levels to learn and enjoy the art.
In 2006, when her mother passed away, Kate discovered in her mother's absence the deep influence her mother had always had on her life. Yet much of what was communicated had been unspoken--a tug of war of different priorities and directions. It wasn't until Kate let go with her mother's passing that she began to really understand her own mother. How much better to have accepted her mother's issues, history, and core truths earlier in life, while her mother was still with her.
Now Kate sees a new tradition of storytelling among women, that between daughter and mother. What was mother really trying to tell us? Sometimes she spoke in actions and not words. With this anthology Kate hopes to find out and share the wisdom of our mothers and the meaning daughters bring to this unique and deeply bonded relationship through memoir.

About this edition

• Publisher: Unlimited Publishing
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1588322173
• ISBN 13: 9781588322173
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 202
• Editor: Farrell Kate