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Informationen zum Autor Sapphire, Peggy; Scott, Shirley The Disenfranchised: Stories of Life and Grief When an Ex-Spouse Dies offers an unprecedented anthology of never-before-published, first-person life histories by ex-spouses whose grief has endured as disenfranchised: socially unacknowledged, untold, and unrecognised. Each story of disenfranchised grief is fiercely honest and courageously made public. This anthology has no parallels in current texts, academic literature or mainstream publications. Contributors present personal histories, revealing that the dimensions of disenfranchised grief are as individual as the writers who have endured this neglected aspect of grief and bereavement. In many narratives, the healing power of their creative processes through art and poetry is further revealed. The anthology is compiled and edited by Peggy Sapphire, MS (Guidance and Counseling), a writer living in Vermont. Over the span of five years, through phone conversations and written communications, Ms.Sapphire established trusting relationships with the contributors, who, though choosing to submit their work, often struggled with reluctance, even dread, at revisiting previously private events in their lives and finally committing their stories to paper, and ultimately to publication. Each narrative is accompanied by a clinical commentary, written by Shirley Scott, MS, certified Thanatologist, which provides readers, whether academic, practitioner, student, or lay, with reflections on the issues and patterns of disenfranchised grief, as reflected by each narrative. Included in each commentary are bibliographic references for further and advanced study. The contributors represent an extraordinary range of professional achievements and academic credentials--well-published writers, poets, working artists, educators, academics, mental health practitioners, and health professionals. Zusammenfassung The Disenfranchised offers an unprecedented anthology of never-before-published, first-person life histories by ex-spouses whose grief has endured as disenfranchised: socially unacknowledged, untold, and unrecognised. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributors Acknowledgments and Dedications Peggy Sapphire and Shirley Scott Foreword Darcy L. Harris, Ph.D. FT Editors Preface Peggy Sapphire, MS Counselor Preface to Commentaries Shirley Scott, RN, MS, CT, Grief Counselor Introduction Dr. Kenneth Doka, Ph.D. Gerontologist SECTION 1 Moving Toward Forgiveness CHAPTER 1 Harold Rosemary Wyman CHAPTER 2 Rubber Man Anne Bower CHAPTER 3 Selected Slides Elizabeth Kerlikowske CHAPTER 4 Never Given a Name James McGrath SECTION 2 "He's Dead and I'm Not" CHAPTER 5 When Pawpaw's Spearmint Went to Heaven Linde Grace White CHAPTER 6 The Absence of . . . Barbara Traynor CHAPTER 7 He's Dead and Im Not Anonymous CHAPTER 8 Missing You Jean Gant CHAPTER 9 The Ride Kristina Grey SECTION 3. A Change of Worlds CHAPTER 10 Barking at the Knocks J. Bradley Brandts CHAPTER 11 Un-grieving a Death MM CHAPTER 12 Chronic and Acute Marion Cohen CHAPTER 13 The World Cracking Open or Living Atop a Cultural, Emotional San Andreas Fault Deborah Dashow Ruth CHAPTER 14 Then, a Deep Silence Korkut Onaran SECTION 4 As the Dust Settles CHAPTER 15 Geography of a Marriage Barbara Hoffman CHAPTER 16 Jake Denise Handlon CHAPTER 17 How I Survived Penelope Scambly Schott CHAPTER 18 Postmortem Joyce Lombard CHAPTER 19 Ex-humation: Digging Up the Past Mary Kolada Scott Afterword ...
