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ISBN: 1617562157
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Non-Fiction Memoir
Michael Rockefeller, son of then-governor of New York State
Nelson A. Rockefeller, mysteriously disappeared off the
remote coast of southern New Guinea. Amidst the glare of
international public interest, the governor, along with his
daughter Mary, Michael's twin, set off on a futile search,
only to return empty handed and empty hearted. What followed were Mary's 27-year repression of her grief
and an unconscious denial of her twin's death, which haunted
her relationships and controlled her life. In this
startlingly frank and moving memoir, Mary R. Morgan
struggles to claim an individual identity, which enables her
to face Michael's death and the huge loss it engendered. With remarkable honesty, she shares her spiritually
evocative healing journey and her story of moving forward
into a life of new beginnings and meaning, especially in her
work with others who have lost a twin. "The sea change began
one November day in 1961. I remember the moment before. A
window in the corner of my parents' living room drew my
attention. A windblown branch from an azalea bush scratched the surface
of the glass, making a discordant sound. My father stands
out clearly, his figure powerful and solid next to the soft,
down-pillowed sofa. By the window, my two brothers and I are
clustered around my mother, wary, and watching him. It was
barely two months since Father had separated from her. And just days before, he'd called a press conference,
choosing to publicly expose his affair and his decision to
remarry. Father held a yellow cablegram in his hand. Mike,
my twin brother, was missing off the coast of New Guinea.
Missing . . .
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