Escape points : a memoir
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Published
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2015.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xix, 248 pages ; 24 cm
Status
Main Library - Adult
362.19699 Wel
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362.19699 Wel
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Published
Chicago, Illinois : Chicago Review Press, 2015.
Street Date
1509.
Language
English
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"Award-winning journalist Michele Weldon provides a potent antidote to the harried single mom stereotype in this beguiling memoir of raising three sons alone in the face of cancer, an ambitious career, and the shadow of her ex. Untethered from a seemingly idyllic life with a handsome but abusive attorney husband, Weldon relates the challenges and triumphs of the years that followed her divorce as she maneuvers through a complicated life of long daily commutes, radiation treatments, supporting the boys' all-consuming high school wrestling careers, and trying to mitigate their hurt and resentment at an absent father. By turns humorous and heartbreaking, Weldon describes facing her fears and failures honestly, guided by a belief in the power of staying calm, doing one's best, and asking for help. She provides a graceful example of how a single mother, and her children, can succeed when others--neighbors, family, teachers, and in this case an incredible high school wrestling coach--step in to fill the void and she can stay the course with common sense and dutiful love"--,Provided by publisher.
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Absentee fathers -- United States.
Abused wives -- United States -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Divorced women -- United States -- Biography.
Life skills -- United States.
Mothers and sons -- United States.
Single mothers -- United States -- Biography.
Weldon, Michele, -- 1958-
Weldon, Michele, -- 1958- -- Family.
Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.
Abused wives -- United States -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Divorced women -- United States -- Biography.
Life skills -- United States.
Mothers and sons -- United States.
Single mothers -- United States -- Biography.
Weldon, Michele, -- 1958-
Weldon, Michele, -- 1958- -- Family.
Women journalists -- United States -- Biography.
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