When her alcoholic and emotionally abusive mother’s health declines, Joan Rough invites her to move in with her. Rough longs to be the “good daughter,” helping her narcissistic mother face the reality of her coming death. But when repressed memories of childhood abuse by her mother arise, Rough is filled with deep resentment and hatred toward the woman who birthed her, and her dream of mending their tattered relationship shatters. Seven years later, when her mother dies, she is left with a plastic bag of her mother’s ashes and a diagnosis of PTSD. What will she do with them?
Courageous and unflinchingly honest, Scattering Ashes is a powerful chronicle of letting go of a loved one, a painful past, and fear―a journey that will bring hope to others who grapple with the pain and repercussions of abuse.
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- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Mourning Dove
- Chapter 2: The Beginning of the End
- Chapter 3: Living in a Construction Zone
- Chapter 4: Summer Heat
- Chapter 5: Family Dynamics
- Chapter 6: Just Fine
- Chapter 7: Mom’s Story
- Chapter 8: Traveling Companions
- Chapter 9: My Train Wreck
- Chapter 10: And Then …
- Chapter 11: Living with Cancer
- Chapter 12: Finding Common Ground
- Chapter 13: Waiting
- Chapter 14: Help
- Chapter 15: Breaking the Chain
- Chapter 16: The Second Time Around
- Chapter 17: The Ghosts of Christmas Past
- Chapter 18: What’s Next?
- Chapter 19: Moving Day
- Chapter 20: Settling In
- Chapter 21: Meeting the Minds
- Chapter 22: Seesaw
- Chapter 23: Negativity and Narcissism
- Chapter 24: Spring
- Chapter 25: Finding My Own Way
- Chapter 26: The First Burial
- Chapter 27: The Heart of the Matter
- Chapter 28: The Face of Denial
- Chapter 29: The Second Burial
- Chapter 30: Finding Compassion
- Chapter 31: Letting Go … Again
- Chapter 32: Changing Lanes
- Chapter 33: Cancer and Joy
- Chapter 34: Visiting the Past
- Chapter 35: The Final Burial
- Epilogue
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
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