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Elyce Wakerman
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New York, The United States
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January 2014
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Appearing in the Desert, Dec.5
If you find yourselves in the Palm Springs area on December 5th, please come to hear my talk on A Tale of Two Citizens, how I turned my father's true story into fiction, and the surprising things I learned along the way. Those of you who are familiar with my book, Father Loss, will know that my father died when I was three years old; if that book was my attempt to understand the impact of his abse
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When We Were the Kennedys: A Memoir from Mexico, Maine:
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Can it be that it was all so simple then Or has time rewritten every line If we had the chance to do it all again, tell me, would we, could we? The Way We Were – Songwriters: Alan Bergman / Marilyn Bergman / Marvin Hamlisch Mexico, Maine—“" Read more of this review » |
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“only way I could live with it was to have certain times all by myself. I still find great comfort in privacy. I spend a lot of time inside myself, in a private world.” After their fathers died, most of the women in our study got the message that feelings were best reserved for private times. The extended hiding of emotions came to create a feeling of separateness from other family members, and continues,”
― Father Loss: Daughters Discuss Life, Love, and Why Losing a Dad Means So Much
― Father Loss: Daughters Discuss Life, Love, and Why Losing a Dad Means So Much
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