Missing Mothers A Memoir
Missing Mothers A Memoir by Martha Bordwell, published by Crooked Lake Press in April 2019, is a poignant exploration of loss and motherhood. This 258-page memoir recounts the author’s experience of losing her mother at a young age and the lasting impact of that absence throughout her life. As Martha navigates her journey into motherhood, she faces the challenges of infertility and ultimately embraces the path of adoption, bringing her son Lucas from South Korea and daughter Clara from Guatemala into her family.
In this memoir, readers will find a heartfelt narrative that delves into themes of family and relationships, as well as the complexities of grief and bereavement. Martha’s commitment to providing her children with a nurturing childhood contrasts with their unique responses to maternal loss, leading her to new insights about familial bonds. Through her travels to Jeju Island and Guatemala, she reflects on her children’s heritage and the intricate connections that shape their identities. This edition offers a deep and personal look at the ties that bind families, making it a thoughtful read for those interested in parenting and the nuances of motherhood.
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Six year old Martha’s world is ripped apart when her mother dies during childbirth. As she grows up, she never stops missing her mother, the mother she strains to remember.
Buoyed by marriage to her college sweetheart, she hopefully anticipates pregnancy, childbirth and motherhood. Instead, infertility threatens to rip another hole in her world. She and her husband enter the unfamiliar landscape of interracial and intercultural adoption. They adopt an infant son, Lucas, from South Korea and a daughter, Clara, from Guatemala. Martha commits to providing her children with the childhood she didn’t have and to mothering them in ways she can’t remember being mothered.
But as the lives of Lucas and Clara unfurl, their individual attitudes toward maternal loss don’t conform to Martha’s experience or expectations.
During journeys to Jeju Island off the coast of South Korea to witness her son’s marriage, and to Guatemala to vacation and volunteer with her daughter’s Mayan ancestors, Martha uncovers new understandings of the ties which bind, and restrain, her complicated family
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