What Came Before: On Sibling Estrangement
Family estrangement is fraught with grief, shame, and continual questioning. In this collection of lyric essays, author Peg Conway seeks inner resolution after becoming estranged from her oldest and youngest brothers. Braided fragments convey relational complexity as she digs deeper into personal and family patterns. She wrestles with her choices, finally accepting a broader truth.
Peg Conway writes and practices energy healing in Cincinnati, OH, where she also volunteers at Fernside Center for Grieving Children and Families. Her essays about childhood loss and lifelong grieving have appeared at The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Good Men Project, the Manifest-Station, and the Brevity Blog. She is the author of The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief. Learn more at pegconway.com.
Design: Julia Warner
Printing: Risograph printed in black and sunflower
Binding: Machine-sewn (pamphlet)
Dimensions: 5.5” x 8.5”
Page Count: 36
ISBN: 979-8-9887543-9-8
What Came Before: On Sibling Estrangement
Family estrangement is fraught with grief, shame, and continual questioning. In this collection of lyric essays, author Peg Conway seeks inner resolution after becoming estranged from her oldest and youngest brothers. Braided fragments convey relational complexity as she digs deeper into personal and family patterns. She wrestles with her choices, finally accepting a broader truth.
Peg Conway writes and practices energy healing in Cincinnati, OH, where she also volunteers at Fernside Center for Grieving Children and Families. Her essays about childhood loss and lifelong grieving have appeared at The Cincinnati Enquirer, The Good Men Project, the Manifest-Station, and the Brevity Blog. She is the author of The Art of Reassembly: A Memoir of Early Mother Loss and Aftergrief. Learn more at pegconway.com.
Design: Julia Warner
Printing: Risograph printed in black and sunflower
Binding: Machine-sewn (pamphlet)
Dimensions: 5.5” x 8.5”
Page Count: 36
ISBN: 979-8-9887543-9-8
