Praise of Motherhood

by Phil Jourdan

Book Overview

When Phil Jourdan's mother died suddenly in 2009, she left behind a legacy of kindness and charity -- but she also left unanswered some troubling questions. Was she, as she once claimed, a spy? Had she suffered more profoundly as a woman and parent than she'd let on? Jourdan's recollections of his struggles with psychosis, and his reconstructions of conversations with his enigmatic mother, form the core of this memoir. Psychoanalysis, poetry and confession...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1780992645
• ISBN13: 9781780992648
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Zero Books
• Length: 136 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.4"