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Strained Differentiation: Negotiating Grief With Maternal Foundations In Laird Hunt’S Neverhome, Heidie L. Raine

Channels: Where Disciplines Meet

The intertwinement of mother-daughter psyches throughout the early developmental process bonds maternal and filial parties up unto differentiation, at which point the child comes to understand her status as an individual and her mother’s status as a separate entity. However, when trauma is introduced midway through the differentiation process, this psychological phenomenon may be hindered, stunting the advanced personal development of the daughter. Abandoned by loss, she may subconsciously fall victim to repressive defenses, insufficient socialization, and destructive behaviors.

In his 2016 novel Neverhome, Laird Hunt explores these psychological factors through a traumatized and unreliable female protagonist situated in …

Wiser Blood. The Wisest. A Memoir On First Reading Flannery O’Connor, P. Kevin Heath

Resuscitating Paideia: Reading Literature for Wisdom

In this memoir, Kevin Heath explains how his encounter with Flannery O'Connor's Wise Blood helped him come to terms with his own faith and reject ersatz attempts to express it.

Elegy On An Anvil: For Edward F. Brewer, Kathryn Brewer

Cedarville Review

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