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Author Wheelis, Joan, author.

Title The known, the secret, the forgotten : a memoir / Joan Wheelis.

Publisher New York : W.W. Norton & Company, [2019]
©2019

ISBN 9781324002581 (hardcover)
1324002581 (hardcover)



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Edition First edition.
Description 159 pages ; 22 cm
Summary "Crafted from slivers of reminiscence and reflection, Joan Wheelis's beautifully written memoir explores the intricacies of attachment and the perils of love and inevitable loss. We glimpse the author's childhood in San Francisco and her relationship with her distinguished psychoanalyst parents through a series of jewel-like vignettes. She explores her past through her questions about life and the lessons her parents taught her about the existence of God, how to cut a napoleon and build a fire, and the hazards of self-deception. Into this tapestry of memory Wheelis, also a psychoanalyst, weaves profound reflections from adulthood. Wrestling with the loss of her parents, the author faces the questions of what matters and what remains of their lives. She reckons with their histories and legacies, tracing the heritage of love and conflict through the generations. As she revisits the rooms and landscapes of her past, her prose takes on the poetic logic of memory itself"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents Destiny -- Daisies won't tell -- Deer -- Time -- Fire -- Car games -- Poppies -- Velvet cap -- Blue door -- Wine -- The round room -- The Napoleon -- Legacy -- House in Pisa -- Poker -- Dogfight -- Caped devil -- Blue angels -- Easter -- Loss -- Fire 2 -- The dove -- The office -- Thoughts -- Fire 3 -- The last letter -- Last rites -- The log -- The audograph -- String of all sizes -- Love -- Goodbyes -- Rain -- Last cut -- Mosquito destroyer -- Economy of motion -- The log, part 2 -- Spirit -- Christmas -- The pin -- Gift.
Subject Wheelis, Joan.
Subject(S) Psychoanalysts -- United States -- Biography.
Women psychoanalysts -- United States -- Biography.
Parent and child -- Biography.
Autobiographies.
ISBN 9781324002581 (hardcover)
1324002581 (hardcover)