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.

Publication Title

Journal of Personal and Interpersonal Loss

ISSN

2375-0243

DOI

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10811449708414423

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