These Dreams of You: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Resilience

These Dreams of You: A Mother's Story of Love, Loss, and Resilience tells the story of a mother's love for and commitment to her gifted daughter, who developed anorexia at age ten and subsequently died young. The narrative offers an unvarnished account of the fifteen years the author strove to save her daughter from her perfectionistic goal of being the thinnest person alive. It then follows the author's intentional yet heart wrenching shift from trying to get her daughter to overcome her eating disorder to supporting her as she lived out her short life.

Author: Ann McCloskey
Publisher: Green Place Books
Published: 10/17/2023
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.65lbs
Size: 8.70h x 6.20w x 0.80d
ISBN13: 9798987070734
ISBN10: 8987070735
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
- Biography & Autobiography | Medical (Incl. Patients)
- Family & Relationships | Death, Grief, Bereavement

About the Author
Ann McCloskey earned a B.A. degree in Social Work and an M.A degree in Counseling Psychology. She spent two decades training clinical mental health counselors in a graduate program at Antioch University, while also working as a licensed clinical mental health counselor. She subsequently spent fourteen years teaching psychology at a small college serving students with learning differences. With her husband, Joe Meyer, Ann raised two daughters in rural Vermont. This is her first book.