Book Reading: Survivor Moms: Women’s Stories of Birthing, Mothering, and Healing after Sexual Abuse
Posted by Donna Dolezal Zelzer on August 6th, 2008
When: October 7, 2008, 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Where: 2239 Lane Hall, 204 S. State St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1290
Do you work with pregnant women? Do you know a woman who has been sexually abused? Then you need to attend this event to hear Mickey Sperlich and Julia Seng read from their recently published book, Survivor Moms: Women’s Stories of Birthing, Mothering, and Healing after Sexual Abuse.
Survivor Moms features excerpts from the stories of 81 women who have suffered and survived childhood sexual abuse, along with information from a wide range of professional sources about how adult women are affected by childhood maltreatment and sexual trauma. It was published by Motherbaby Press, a division of Midwifery Today.
This talk is part of the Institute for Research on Women and Gender’s Perspectives on Healing Series. and is co-sponsored by School of Social Work. For more information: (734)764-9537, or irwg@umich.edu
Full disclosure: I’m the Marketing Director at Midwifery Today.
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