The Mother Dance, Harriet Lerner
The Mother Dance, Harriet Lerner
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The Mother Dance
How Children Change Your Life

Author: Harriet Lerner

Narrator: Suzanne Toren

Unabridged: 9 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 07/12/2016

Synopsis

From the celebrated author of The Dance of Anger comes an extraordinary book about mothering and how it transforms us -- and all our relationships -- inside and out. Written from her dual perspective as a psychologist and a mother, Lerner brings us deeply personal tales that run the gamut from the hilarious to the heart-wrenching. From birth or adoption to the empty nest, The Mother Dance teaches the basic lessons of motherhood: that we are not in control of what happens to our children, that most of what we worry about doesn't happen, and that our children will love us with all our imperfections if we can do the same for them. Here is a gloriously witty and moving book about what it means to dance the mother dance.

About Harriet Lerner

Harriet Lerner, Ph.D., is one of our nation’s most loved and respected relationship experts. Renowned for her work on the psychology of women and family relationships, she served as a staff psychologist at the Menninger Clinic for more than two decades. A distinguished lecturer, workshop leader, and psychotherapist, she is the author of The Dance of Anger and other bestselling books. She is also, with her sister, an award-winning children's book writer. She and her husband are therapists in Lawrence, Kansas, and have two sons.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Anne

I'm a fan of the audiobooks of this authors work because of the slightly patrician, authoritative tone. This was the best yet, the book I wish I had read when my children were very young. It validated many complicated feelings, gave me lots to think about, and was a powerful reading experience.......more

Goodreads review by Jane

Written in the 90’s but still relatable today. I resonated more with the second part of this book. While there’s no manual on mothering, Harriet Lerner uses actual examples and doesn’t impose her beliefs but leaves the reader to come to their own assumptions. I especially loved how she addressed tal......more

Goodreads review by Morgan

This is what I imagine it must be like to have a feminist psychologist cool aunt sit you down while pregnant and tell you "like it is". It's thoughtful and irreverent about parenting in a very 2nd Wave, pre-Attachment way (the book is from 1998 and her kids are born in 1975 and 1979), which is very......more

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