{"product_id":"ednas-gift-how-my-broken-sister-taught-me-to-be-whole-9781631525155","title":"Edna's Gift: How My Broken Sister Taught Me to Be Whole","description":"When 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. \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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRudnick, Susan:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - For over forty years Susan Rudnick, LCSW, has been listening to people tell their stories in her Manhattan practice of psychoanalysis and psychotherapy. In \u003cem\u003eEdna's Gift\u003c\/em\u003e, she tells hers. The seed for her memoir was \"Coming Home to Wholeness,\" a chapter she contributed to \u003cem\u003eInto the Mountain Stream\u003c\/em\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 \u003cem\u003eNew York City Haiku: From the Readers of The New York Times\u003c\/em\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.","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50422018343186,"sku":"9781631525155","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_8878ae53-7b04-4861-9425-c972caad0e3d.jpg?v=1729520360","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ednas-gift-how-my-broken-sister-taught-me-to-be-whole-9781631525155","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}