We Never Used the F Word

In this memoir, written in layered vignettes surrounding an object, the narrator chronicles her early to middle childhood growing up in the San Fernando Valley as the youngest child in a staunchly Catholic family and how the death of her father when she was seven impacted her and her relationship with her mother. Told with insight, humor, and grace of spirit, she reminds us that grieving brings hope, and children need to speak about feelings. The narrator demonstrates how the loss of one parent contributes to the loss of the other parent for a time. She includes life before her father's death, the grief process within her remaining nuclear family and the powerful influence of the Catholic church. She navigates through her molestation by a family friend after the death of her father, weaves in the complex relationship with her mother, and reveals how baseball, the Dodgers, and childhood friends can help to fill gaps. The book is written in two parts which begin with two questions from the Baltimore Catechism. First, "What is Prayer?" and second, "What is Hope?". The answer is, there is always ho

Author: Teri Riendeau Crane
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 11/17/2013
Pages: 324
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.96lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.68d
ISBN: 9781492372967

About the Author
Dr. Teri Crane is a writer, educator, and marriage and family therapist. After retiring from classroom teaching, she earned an MFA in Creative Writing. Teri teaches online classes for teachers through LA County Office of Education and is also a certified Journal to the Self Instructor. Author of Base Ball: Coming to the Show, Teri is an avid Dodger fan. Her current project is What The Women Carried West, an historical novel set just after the Civil War. She lives and writes in her native Southern California.

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