The possibility of everything a memoir

Worried about how to handle an imaginary friend's apparent hold on their daughter, Hope Edelman and her husband made the unlikely choice to take the young child to Maya healers in Belize, hoping that a shaman might help them banish this disruption--and, as they came to understand, all it represented...

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Main Author: Edelman, Hope
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Ballantine Books, c2009.
Edition:1st ed.
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Summary:Worried about how to handle an imaginary friend's apparent hold on their daughter, Hope Edelman and her husband made the unlikely choice to take the young child to Maya healers in Belize, hoping that a shaman might help them banish this disruption--and, as they came to understand, all it represented--from their lives. In this deeply affecting, beautifully written memoir, Hope explores what they ultimately discover.
Physical Description:xvii, 329 p. ; 25 cm.
ISBN:9780345506504 (hc. : alk. paper)
0345506502 (hc. : alk. paper)
Author Notes:Hope Edelman is the author of five nonfiction books, including the bestsellers Motherless Daughters and Motherless Mothers . A graduate of the University of Iowa's Nonfiction Writing Program, she has published articles, essays, and reviews in numerous magazines and anthologies. She lives in Topanga, California, with her husband and two daughters.