Author ORCID Identifier
0000-0001-7291-5056
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
Spring 1996
Abstract
On March 16, 1996, I interviewed my mother, Beth Tillmann, about her parents' divorce and her life as a foster child. From detailed notes taken during our phone conversation and from family stories told to me throughout my life, I constructed a narrative titled "A Home of Her Own." Its structure and tone mimic the way my mother speaks about the dissolution of her family of origin and her attachments to and separations from those who tried to help her rebuild a sense of home. After the story, I discuss what narrative representations of loss offer the writer, the participant, and the reader.
Published In
Tillmann-Healy, Lisa M. (1996). A home of her own: (Writing) a family story of separation and second chances. Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss 2: 293-303.
Publication Title
Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss
ISSN
2375-0243
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10811449708414423
Included in
Family, Life Course, and Society Commons, Interpersonal and Small Group Communication Commons, Nonfiction Commons