In My Father's Garden
A Daughter's Search for a Spiritual Life
Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Kim Chernin | ISBN: | 9781616202248 |
| Publisher: | Algonquin Books | Publication: | December 10, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Algonquin Books | Language: | English |
| Author: | Kim Chernin |
| ISBN: | 9781616202248 |
| Publisher: | Algonquin Books |
| Publication: | December 10, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Algonquin Books |
| Language: | English |
Kim Chernin's mother was a leftist firebrand, an American Marxist at mid-century, when it was dangerous to be one. Her father, a quiet man, was no less radical. Why then, decades later, does their daughter--a liberal California psychoanalyst and writer--find herself drawn toward a spirituality that would have shocked her parents? Through three personal stories, Chernin tackles the questions that pull at all of us: how to make sense in a world whose order isn't always apparent, and how to find balance between the mind and the spirit. "Kim Chernin writes with immediacy and intimacy."--City Life, London.
Kim Chernin's mother was a leftist firebrand, an American Marxist at mid-century, when it was dangerous to be one. Her father, a quiet man, was no less radical. Why then, decades later, does their daughter--a liberal California psychoanalyst and writer--find herself drawn toward a spirituality that would have shocked her parents? Through three personal stories, Chernin tackles the questions that pull at all of us: how to make sense in a world whose order isn't always apparent, and how to find balance between the mind and the spirit. "Kim Chernin writes with immediacy and intimacy."--City Life, London.
