Always There, Always Gone: A Daughter's Search for Truth

Synopsis

For fans of Natasha Trethewey and Maggie Smith, a mother-daughter story of multigenerational trauma, grief, discovery, and love, with the backdrops of an historic American tragedy and an iconic family business, written in lyrical, fragmented form.In 1960, six years before Marty Ross-Dolen was born, her maternal grandparents were killed in an airline disaster involving the collision of two commercial jets over New York City. They were traveling from Columbus, Ohio, to seek placement for their family&’s iconic magazine, Highlights for Children, on the newsstands. Their daughter—Marty&’s mother—was fourteen years old at the time. This genre-bending memoir tells Marty&’s story of being raised by a mother in protracted mourning. The fragmented narrative explores Marty&’s journey, from personal ways of coping as a child to the evolution of a mother-daughter relationship that matured over time. It is also about her longing to know her maternal grandmother, and through saved letters and photographs from her grandmother&’s life, she enters a fantastical relationship that serves to replace one that otherwise could never exist. Ultimately it is about the discovery of truth, in unearthing the story of her grandparents&’ deaths and her mother&’s acute loss, in freeing her grandmother&’s image from the weight of a tragic death, and in Marty&’s own delivery from darkness. Beyond that, it is about universal life choices, the ways human beings unknowingly determine their destinies, and the healing powers of truth and love.

Copyright:

2025

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781647428921

Related ISBNs:

9781647428914

Publisher:

She Writes Press

Date of Addition:

05/06/25

Copyrighted By:

Marty Ross-Dolen

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Psychology, Education

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.