Overview
A wife and mother of a grown son and two teen daughters, a woman enjoying her career and life, Mary Jo Doig wants nothing more from life than to live out her days embraced by the deep roots of family, friends, and her community. Tightly wrapped in a life-long protective cocoon, she has no idea how wounded she is-until, on one starless night following the death of a relative, she has a flashback that opens a dark passageway back to her childhood and the horrific secrets buried deep inside her psyche. Part mystery and part inspirational memoir, Patchwork is the riveting story of one woman who strived to live a life full of love, only to endure tragedies with two of her children and struggles in her marriages-the consequences of a mysterious life-long behavior unnoticed by her family or teachers. Like a needle stitching together a quilt, the memories Mary Jo recovers following her first flashback show her why her early years were threaded with a need to be invisible, as well as core beliefs that she was stupid, not good enough, and vastly different from her peers. Shattered by these revelations, overcome by depression, hopelessness, and a loss of trust in others, Mary Jo embarks on a healing journey through the underground of her life that ultimately leads to transformation.
Full Product Details
Author: Mary Jo Doig
Publisher: She Writes Press
Imprint: She Writes Press
Dimensions:
Width: 14.00cm
, Height: 2.30cm
, Length: 21.60cm
Weight: 0.408kg
ISBN: 9781631524493
ISBN 10: 1631524496
Pages: 344
Publication Date: 23 October 2018
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
In Patchwork, Mary Jo Doig explores the nature of memory and consciousness, connecting the threads of the past to weave a beautiful story of healing and transformation. --Linda Joy Myers, president of the National Association of Memoir Writers, author of Song of the Plains
"""In Patchwork, Mary Jo Doig explores the nature of memory and consciousness, connecting the threads of the past to weave a beautiful story of healing and transformation."" —Linda Joy Myers, president of the National Association of Memoir Writers, author of Song of the Plains"
Author Information
Mary Jo Doig, for nearly twenty years, has been an editor, a women’s writing circle facilitator, and life-writing enthusiast working extensively with women writing their life stories while writing her own memoir. Her stories have appeared in anthologies and periodicals, and on her blog, Musings from a Patchwork Quilt Life, (maryjod.wordpress.com), Facebook, and Twitter. Her hobbies include reading, writing, gardening, cooking, quilting, hiking, and sweet time with family, friends, and pets in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains.
