City of One: A Memoir Paperback - 2006
by Francine Cournos
In the literature of childhood loss and adult redemption, "City of One" stands as a remarkable and powerful addition. The memoir is about the death of the author's parents by the time she was 11 and how she grew up to journey toward academic achievement and personal success.
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I stared down her housedress as she bent over to bathe me.
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By the time she was eleven years old, Francine Cournos was robbed of her parents by a pair of tragic deaths. Placed in foster care by relatives too disinterested to bother with her, she drew strength from the indelible example of her mother's courage in the face of breast cancer. Yet the orphaned child within her would play an equally profound role in shaping the exceptional woman she was to become.
In this unforgettable memoir, Francine Cournos tells the story of her transformation from the little girl whom nobody wanted into a successful, happy adult. In vivid, poignant detail, she describes the childhood that nearly destroyed her, and the strength of will that led to her decision to become a doctor against all odds.
Set against the backdrop of 1950s New York City, she weaves the devastating events of her youth with her mature experiences as a psychiatrist, wife, and mother. She shares her lifelong search for identity, love, and the medical answers that would demystify the illness that claimed her mother's life and force her to confront her early feelings of betrayal and abandonment. How Cournos came to terms with those feelings, to triumph over despair, is a story of awe-inspiring perseverance. City of One is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit, and of one woman's determination -- in the face of inconceivable loss -- to survive and to thrive.Details
- Title City of One: A Memoir
- Author Francine Cournos
- Binding Paperback
- Edition [ Edition: repri
- Pages 254
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher iUniverse
- Date 2006-10-20
- ISBN 9780595414987 / 0595414982
- Weight 0.72 lbs (0.33 kg)
- Dimensions 8.35 x 5.81 x 0.6 in (21.21 x 14.76 x 1.52 cm)
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Themes
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Topical: Family
- Topical: New Age
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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