Forgetting My Mother

When journalist Dan Cryer was just eight, his mother unexpectedly died. In their grief, he and his siblings shut out all memories of their beloved Pauline. In this haunting memoir, Cryer recreates his quest to discover this gentle mystery woman, her small-town midwestern milieu, and how this haunting absence has shaped his emotional life. “[Forgetting My Mother] helped me to understand better than ever the relationship of grief to memory … very moving, an honest and touching work.” —Bill Moyers