NEW YORK—July 10, 2018—Morgan James’s new release, From Generation to Generation: Healing Intergenerational Trauma Through Storytelling by Emily Wanderer Cohen, examines the impact the devastating events of the Holocaust continue to have on the children and grandchildren of its survivors.
History books retell students the horrors of the Holocaust, but no textbook can explain the underlying, emotional impact genocide has on its survivors and the following generations. Emily Wanderer Cohen is a second-generation (2G) Holocaust survivor, and everything that her mother endured in concentration camp was woven throughout every aspect of her upbringing. In From Generation to Generation, she shares the haunting, emotional story of growing up under the cloud of intergenerational trauma.
As Cohen explores how her mother’s experiences affected her behaviors and choices throughout her life, readers gain an understanding of the depth of anger, pain, and resentment faced by genocide survivors and how parents can transmit their own suffering to their children. Part memoir and part self-discovery, Cohen takes readers along her own journey to find healing and, finally, forgiveness. She also provides useful prompts at the end of each chapter to encourage readers to explore their own intergenerational trauma and help them begin their own healing journey.
The ripple effects of the Holocaust will impact history forever, and survivors and their families will forever feel its presence, unless they intentionally break the cycle of suffering. From Generation to Generation: Healing Intergenerational Trauma Through Storytelling attempts to do exactly that by giving a voice to the successive generations of victims, sharing personal stories and reflections, spreading awareness of the continuing weight and influence of intergenerational trauma, and giving readers a specific method to heal.
While research has, to-date, focused on the descendants of Holocaust survivors, the phenomenon of intergenerational trauma is now more widely understood to affect the descendants of other genocides, forced relocations, and global tragedies, including Armenia, Cambodia, Syria, Vietnam, the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and the Native American Trail of Tears, for example.
“Emily Wanderer Cohen’s courageous and engrossing memoir of being a child of Holocaust survivors will resonate with other second-generation offspring of historically traumatized parents. A must read!”
– Eva Fogelman, Ph.D., author and co-producer of “Breaking the Silence: The Generation after the Holocaust,” a PBS Documentary
If you would like more information about intergenerational trauma, to schedule an interview with Emily Wanderer Cohen, or to book her to speak at your event or organization, please call Nickcole Watkins at 516.900.5674.
About the Author: Emily Wanderer Cohen is the daughter and granddaughter of Holocaust survivors. She grew up hearing her mother’s stories of incarceration and escape from concentration camp, as well as eventual immigration to the United States. Emily now works with multiple generations of Holocaust survivors to understand their transmitted trauma and help to heal it through writing. She also speaks to Jewish and other organizations about her mother’s history, as well as how her mother’s trauma affected her as a second-generation (2G) Holocaust survivor. Emily currently resides in Portland, Oregon.
More About This Title: From Generation to Generation: Healing Intergenerational Trauma Through Storytelling by Emily Wanderer Cohen, will be released by Morgan James Publishing on July 10, 2018. From Generation to Generation—ISBN 9781683507574—has 158 pages and is being sold as a trade paperback for $14.95.
About Morgan James Publishing: Morgan James publishes trade quality titles designed to educate, encourage, inspire, or entertain readers with current, consistent, relevant topics that are available everywhere books are sold. ( www.MorganJamesPublishing.com )
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