Sweet Mystery: A Book of Remembering

by Judith Hillman Paterson

An exquisitely written memoir--combining sorrow and joy, anger and forgiveness, suffering and healing--that affirms the resilience and strength that imbue the human spirit

Judith Paterson was just nine years old in 1946 when her mother died of a virulent combination of alcoholism and mental illness at the age of 31. Sweet Mystery: A Book of Remembering is Paterson's harrowing account of the memories of her mother, told with eloquence...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0817359605
• ISBN13: 9780817359607
• Release Date: December 2019
• Publisher: University Alabama Press
• Length: 284 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.5" x 8.4"