The Space Between
The Space Between, a lyrical memoir by Judith E. Bowen, follows the story of three women through immigration, the Depression, and emergence into the third generation. The author finds her mother’s journal after her death. Using the journal, she weaves her mother’s words among her own as she tells of her own journey from childhood into adulthood, searching for a sense of place.
The author traces and reflects on the roles of grandmother, mother, and child as they are shaped by world events and changes in prescribed roles of women, as well as by the support of their spiritual community. This spiritual bedrock cradles them in the shared experience of loss, love, and the strength of community.
Published by Sunbury Press, Inc.
Mechanicsburg, PA, USA
c. 2022
2022 Sunny Award for The Space Between
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