The Red Canoe

by Handler, Joan Cusack

• ISBN13: 9781933880082
• ISBN10: 1933880082
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-11-30
• Publisher: Cavankerry Pr Ltd

Summary

A practicing psychologist and former marriage therapist unveils the role of parents, religion, children, illness and the emotional fiber of spouses on the treacherous terrain of marriage. Red Canoe is a valuable tool for professionals and a must read for couples.

Author Biography

Joan Cusask Handler is founder, publisher and editor-in-chief of CavanKerry Press, a not for profit literary press that serves both art and community.

Table of Contents

Couples	p. 1
Legacy
First Language	p. 5
Everyone Had Their Own Radio	p. 8
At Thirteen: Kneeling Beside My Father	p. 13
Instruments, Weapons, Tools	p. 17
The Marriage	p. 24
Mothers and Sons
Hysterectomy	p. 29
Gratitude: Sunday Afternoon, East Hampton	p. 38
Vermont Vacation Triangle	p. 41
Mentor	p. 43
Cover	p. 45
Husbands	p. 47
Quiet Bed	p. 48
Perhaps It Started	p. 50
Triangles	p. 51
Retreat	p. 52
Like Good Mothers	p. 53
The Problem	p. 56
The Score	p. 57
Out There It's the Grey Afternoon Sky	p. 60
I'm Never Sure What to Expect from a Marriage	p. 62
Lessons	p. 64
Grievances	p. 66
Tarot Reading	p. 69
Appetites	p. 70
The Father Speaks	p. 72
The Red Canoe	p. 75
Fusion
Of Wombs and Spines	p. 79
Dark	p. 82
Hands	p. 86
Patient	p. 90
At Home	p. 93
In the Dream	p. 95
Love Making
All There Is	p. 99
Indictments	p. 101
Homes	p. 102
Wounds	p. 104
The Blood	p. 105
Love in Its Making	p. 108
Home
Lost	p. 127
Light	p. 129
Acres of Common Ground	p. 131
Not Guite Healed	p. 133
Waltz	p. 138
Center	p. 140
Litany	p. 142
Fences	p. 145
Home	p. 148
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