Finding Sara A Daughter’s Journey

Finding Sara A Daughter’s Journey by Margaret Edds is a poignant memoir published by Butler Books in 2009. This first edition spans 280 pages and is presented in English. The book explores the profound impact of losing a mother at a young age, as Edds reflects on her experiences following the death of her mother from rheumatic fever when she was just three years old. Through a journey that incorporates personal letters and visits to significant locations, Edds seeks to understand her mother’s life and the lasting effects of her absence.
Readers will find a narrative that delves into themes of family and relationships, as well as the complexities of motherhood. Edds’s exploration takes her through Oak Ridge, Tennessee, and Lynch, Kentucky, revealing the vibrant and imperfect nature of her mother’s life. The memoir not only resurrects a lost relationship but also offers insights into how such a loss can resonate through generations, providing a thoughtful examination of grief and connection.
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What does it mean to lose your mother before reason and understanding take root? Virginia journalist Margaret Edds, barely three when her young mother died of complications from rheumatic fever in 1950, wanted to know. Drawing on the nearly lost medium of letters and traveling a path that led through Oak Ridge, Tennessee, the secret World War II city that helped birth the atomic bomb, and Lynch, Kentucky, a unique town in the heart of the Bloody Harlan coal fields, she discovered the vibrant, imperfect, deeply human woman at her core. She arrived, too, at a sober realization of how one untimely death can reverberate through generations. Finding Sara is a unique and heartwarming memoir that resurrects a lost relationship and a gentler America.
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