In sixteen essays of wit, rage, and reconciliation, Embalming Mom chronicles loss and renaissance in a life that reaches from Florida to Arizona across to England and home again. Burroway brilliantly weaves her way through the dangers of daily life - divorcing her first husband, raising two boys, establishing a new life, scattering her mother's ashes, and sorting the meager possessions of her father. Each new danger and challenge highlights the tenacious will of the body and spirit to heal.
| ISBN: | 9780877459071 |
| Publication date: | 30th September 2004 |
| Author: | Janet Burroway |
| Publisher: | University of Iowa Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 139 pages |
| Series: | Sightline Books |
| Genres: |
Literary essays |
In sixteen essays of wit, rage, and reconciliation, Embalming Mom chronicles loss and renaissance in a life that reaches from Florida to Arizona across to England and home again. Burroway brilliantly weaves her way through the dangers of daily life - divorcing her first husband, raising two boys, establishing a new life, scattering her mother's ashes, and sorting the meager possessions of her father. Each new danger and challenge highlights the tenacious will of the body and spirit to heal.
Embalming Mom features in the following genres: Literary essays
Embalming Mom is available in Paperback
Embalming Mom was written by Janet Burroway and published by University of Iowa Press
Embalming Mom has 139 pages
Yes it is part of Sightline Books series