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 It Hasn't Shut Me Up is a memoir of mothering and daughtering that is presented as a tapestry woven with prose, poetry, and photographs. It is a personal piece of writing about overcoming our own oppressive and silencing parenting in order to offer our children a relationship that respects, honors, and trusts them to grow and develop with dignity. It is rooted in Wendy Priesnitz's childhood, but also in her growth as a woman and a mother who has learned from her past to honor her mother while nurturing her daughters. Author's statement: "For many of us, one of the journeys of our lives is to find peace with the way we were parented. Women, especially, seem to need to understand themselves in the context of their mothers (if only not to become her!). As I sorted through the truths and mythologies of fifty-eight years of life with my mother, I realized that many of the lessons we teach our children are not what we intended. My mother bequeathed to me her stubbornness and strength, which I have used to challenge authority and power – quite the opposite from the way she used those traits. Also by reverse example, she taught me about the need to respect and trust children. Similarly, her silence about so many things taught me about the importance of speaking out about that and many other things. I am glad that none of that has shut me up!" About the Author: Reviews: "As I read Wendy’s memoirs I am stunned at the profound wisdom rattling through the pages. It’s brutally honest as all great memoirs ought to be, a process of critical self-reflection, someone looking for herself in the words of her poetry and in those that appear on the page as she writes, in the mirror that are the memories of her mother and her daughters. The sense of connected I feel as I read is immense. We are women connected by a common story: a story of motherhood....This is a book for mothers and daughters and grandmothers and women (for we are all daughters). It isn’t a book which will make you feel good or reassured, or give you tips about what to do or not do, though there are plenty there if you want to read it that way. It is a deeply personal sharing of one woman’s perception of her own life and how it has unfolded within the embrace of generations of women. But more than that, it is a story of motherhood and the important role it plays in our lives." ~ Beverley Paine, Homeschool - Unschool Australia Full review
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