Tangled Lives: Daughters, Mothers, and the Crucible of Aging
Synopsis:
In her tenth book, Dr. Lillian Rubin examines the lives of woman as they grown from daughters into mothers and move on into the intimidating territory of old age. Tangled Lives, which reads with the narrative intensity of good fiction, uses pivotal events from the author's own life to illuminate the powerful influence the mother-daughter bond has on a woman's identity, and the profound changes that come with aging.
Interweaving her present-day challenges with the story of her immigrant Jewish family's struggle, Dr. Rubin presents a vivid tapestry of a contemporary woman's life. Her mother's death gives her occasion to reflect on her life's path: her father's sudden death when she was five, her mother's grueling labor in New York's garment industry before unions made the work barely tolerable, her own climb from poverty, her lifelong battle with her mother, and her proudest achievement -- a deep and meaningful relationship with her own daughter.
In this intensely intimate, passionate, and unflinching examination of her own life, the author opens the door on feelings that are too often kept silent, leaving us riddled with anxiety, guilt, and shame. Tangled Lives opens the door to the common humanity in our own personal struggle and, in doing so, inspires others to bring those damaging hidden thoughts to light.
Topics/Categories:
Aging, Family, Immigration, Mother and Daughters
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Original Publish Date:
2000-10-15
ISBNs:
0-8070-6794-6
Formats:
Hardcover, Paperback
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