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Welcome to Wherever We Are: A Memoir of Family, Caregiving, and Redemption

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By (author): Deborah J. Cohan

Winner of the 2022 Memoir Prize for Books - Caregiving category
ESS Public Sociology Award
Recommended Book in Domestic Violence by DomesticShelters.org

How do you go about caregiving for an ill and elderly parent with a lifelong history of abuse and control, intertwined with expressions of intense love and adoration? How do you reconcile the resulting ambivalence, fear, and anger?
 
Welcome to Wherever We Are is a meditation on what we hold onto, what we let go of, how we remember others and ultimately how were remembered. Deborah Cohan shares her story of caring for her father, a man who was simultaneously loud, gentle, loving and cruel and whose brilliant career as an advertising executive included creating slogans like Hey, how bout a nice Hawaiian punch? Wrestling with emotional extremes that characterize abusive relationships, Cohan shows how she navigated life with a man who was at once generous and affectionate, creating magical coat pockets filled with chocolate kisses when she was a little girl, yet who was also prone to searing, vicious remarks like Youd make my life easier if youd commit suicide.
 
In this gripping memoir, Cohan tells her unique personal story while also weaving in her expertise as a sociologist and domestic abuse counselor to address broader questions related to marriage, violence, divorce, only children, intimacy and loss. A story most of us can relate to as we reckon with past and future choices against the backdrop of complicated family dynamics, Welcome to Wherever We Are is about how we might come to live our own lives better amidst unpredictable changes through grief and healing.

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Product Details
  • Weight: 397g
  • Dimensions: 127 x 203mm
  • Publication Date: 14 Feb 2020
  • Publisher: Rutgers University Press
  • Publication City/Country: United States
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781978808928

About Deborah J. Cohan

Deborah J. Cohan is a professor of sociology at the University of South Carolina-Beaufort. Alongside her many academic publications she is the author of the popular blog Social Lights for Psychology Today.  

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