Posts Tagged ‘The River of Forgetting’

Jane Rowan at A Book and A Chat Tonight!

Tuesday June 28th – 6:30pm EST Number you need to call is: 347- 237-5398 People don’t make up things like that for fun. That’s what Jane’s therapist tells her when Jane reports fragmentary memories from her childhood that hint at sexual abuse. A busy, successful scientist, Jane at first fights the implications, but finally has to admit that something indeed happened. With help from a gifted therapist as well as creative arts, Jane taps into her own aliveness and reconciles with both her parents’ love and their betrayal. This deeply personal memoir invites the reader behind the closed doors of the therapist’s office and into the author’s journal and
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Pump Up Chats with Jane Rowan

Jane Rowan is a New England poet and writer. After teaching science for three decades in a private college, she retired to pursue the creative life. She has published numerous articles and the self-help booklet Caring for the Child Within—A Manual for Grownups, available through her website and through Amazon (Kindle). An excerpt from The River of Forgetting appeared in Women Reinvented: True Stories of Empowerment and Change. Visit Jane at www.janerowan.com and find out more about her memoir at www.riverofforgetting.com. On The River of Forgetting: A Memoir of Healing from Sexual Abuse Q: Can you tell us why you wrote your book? It was sheer gratitude that impelled
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The River of Forgetting Virtual Book Tour June 2011

Join Jane Rowan, author of the memoir, The River of Forgetting (Booksmyth Press, December 2010) as she virtually tours the blogosphere in June on her first virtual book tour with Pump Up Your Book! About Jane Rowan Jane Rowan is a New England poet and writer. After teaching science for three decades in a private college, she retired to pursue the creative life. She has published numerous articles and the self-help booklet Caring for the Child Within—A Manual for Grownups, available through her website and through Amazon (Kindle). An excerpt from The River of Forgetting appeared in Women Reinvented: True Stories of Empowerment and Change. Visit Jane at www.janerowan.com and
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New Book for Review: Memoir “The River of Forgetting” by Jane Rowan

Jane Rowan is touring in June 2011 with her memoir, The River of Forgetting. People don’t make up things like that for fun.  That’s what Jane’s therapist tells her when Jane reports fragmentary memories from her childhood that hint at sexual abuse.  A busy, successful scientist, Jane at first fights the implications, but finally has to admit that something indeed happened. With help from a gifted therapist as well as creative arts, Jane taps into her own aliveness and reconciles with both her parents’ love and their betrayal.  This deeply personal memoir invites the reader behind the closed doors of the therapist’s office and into the author’s journal and
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