{"product_id":"ednas-gift-how-my-broken-sister-taught-me-to-be-whole-paperback","title":"Edna's Gift: How My Broken Sister Taught Me to Be Whole - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Rudnick\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen they were young, Susan and Edna, children of Holocaust refugee parents, were inseparable; Edna was Susan's first love and constant companion. But as they grew up and Edna's physical, and mental challenges altered the ways she could develop, a gulf formed between them. Susan's life became even more complicated when, just short of her sixteenth birthday, she learned that she'd been born without a uterus and would never menstruate or give birth to children. As she coped with this trauma, Edna continued loving her unconditionally, as she always had. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn her adult years Edna lived a life of dignity in a spiritual community, becoming a model for how Susan could live hers. In her forties, Susan realized her dream of motherhood when she adopted a daughter. Throughout, Edna remained a teacher and loving presence in her sister's life. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEncompassing Susan and Edna's lifelong, complex, intertwining relationship, \u003ci\u003eEdna's Gift\u003c\/i\u003e has a powerful message: life may be unpredictable, even traumatic--but if you remain open, strength and wisdom will come to you from surprising and unexpected sources.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor over forty years Susan Rudnick, LCSW, has been listening to people tell their stories in her Manhattan practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. In \u003ci\u003eEdna's Gift\u003c\/i\u003e, she tells hers. The seed for her memoir was \"Coming Home to Wholeness,\" a chapter she contributed to \u003ci\u003eInto the Mountain Stream\u003c\/i\u003e, a book of personal reflections on psychotherapy and Buddhist Experience. Rudnick, a Zen practitioner, has published haikus as well as articles about psychotherapy in professional journals. Culled from thousands of submissions, one of her haikus appears in \u003ci\u003eNew York City Haiku: From the Readers of The New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e. She and her husband live in Westchester NY, but also love to spend time at their cabin in the Catskills. Being a parent is her greatest joy.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 208\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e June 04, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50337458716909,"sku":"9781631525155","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0020\/8918\/9441\/files\/maas7EjjtF9781631525155.webp?v=1785061557","url":"https:\/\/www.webster.direct\/en-ca\/products\/ednas-gift-how-my-broken-sister-taught-me-to-be-whole-paperback","provider":"Webster.Direct","version":"1.0","type":"link"}