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"Broke my heart in all the right ways ... a triumphant memoir." -- Lee Martin, From Our House and The Bright Forever
"A must-read, full of grace." -- Kate Hopper, Ready for Air and Use Your Words: A Writer's Guide for Mothers
"For readers seeking to learn about resiliency, growth, and ways of coping, Intertwined: A Mother's Memoir has much to offer." -- Booklist
How does a woman go from being a normal Midwestern mom to sitting across the table from a bounty hunter? That's what Kathleen English Cadmus wondered as she took one more surreal step in her quest to find and save her teenage daughter, Laura.
The beautiful baby Kathleen had adopted from Korea was on the run again, fueled by another manic episode brought on by her bipolar disorder.
Having already lost her son Shawn to a tragic accident, Kathleen couldn't bear the thought that she had failed to protect another one of her children.
Intertwined: A Mother's Memoir is a raw but loving tribute to the pain and beauty of motherhood--the story of a mother, a daughter, a son, two marriages, and the way all of those lives are at once distinct yet inseparable.
Intertwined illustrates the way the people we love become part of us--become us --and show us who we truly are.
Features four pages of photos!
Author Notes
Kathleen English Cadmus is a mental health nurse practitioner who earned her MFA in Creative Writing born Ashland (Ohio) University. As a bereaved parent of a son and an adoptive parent of a daughter with bipolar disorder, Kathleen has been active in both the adoption communities and the mental health arenas. She has had her writing published in local newspapers, adoption newsletters, and the nursing anthology Learning to Heal (Kent State University Press, 2018). Kathleen lives in Worthington, Ohio, with her husband, Kevin, and is a mother to five children and grandmother to seven.
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Booklist Review
Cadmus, a mental-health nurse practitioner, presents a deeply moving chronicle of the pain she endured after the loss of one of her sons in a terrible accident. Cadmus relates not only her suffering but also describes how this loss affected her husband and their other sons. From the depth of that anguish comes a resolve to take on new challenges. Cadmus and her family soon adopt a little girl, abandoned by her family in Korea. This is very much a story about the strong, as the title suggests, intertwined relationship she developed with her daughter, bonds severely tested during her daughter's difficult teen years and a diagnosis of bipolar disorder. This book about love, hope, healing, and the survival of a family is raw and honest and generous as she shares the difficulties they faced. For readers seeking to learn about resiliency, growth, and ways of coping, Intertwined: A Mother's Memoir has much to offer.--Amy Lewontin Copyright 2019 Booklist
Table of Contents
| Part 1 p. 1 | |
| Chapter 1 Beginnings | p. 5 |
| Chapter 2 Shawn | p. 11 |
| Chapter 3 Life after Death | p. 16 |
| Chapter 4 Each in Our Own Way | p. 21 |
| Chapter 5 Being the Mom | p. 32 |
| Chapter 6 Heart Sounds | p. 40 |
| Chapter 7 Family Time | p. 53 |
| Chapter 8 'Til Death Us Do Part | p. 58 |
| Chapter 9 Light Up My Life | p. 68 |
| Chapter 10 Rock Me Tender | p. 79 |
| Part 2 p. 91 | |
| Chapter 11 Coming Together | p. 95 |
| Chapter 12 Love Me Tender, Love Me True | p. 100 |
| Chapter 13 Winning the Adoption Lottery | p. 104 |
| Chapter 14 Incongruence | p. 111 |
| Chapter 15 Mother and Child Reunion | p. 117 |
| Chapter 16 Who Are You? | p. 126 |
| Chapter 17 Balancing Act | p. 132 |
| Chapter 18 On the Lam | p. 137 |
| Chapter 19 Contain and Protect | p. 147 |
| Chapter 20 Catch Me If You Can | p. 154 |
| Chapter 21 Drop Back Ten and Punt | p. 160 |
| Chapter 22 Round-Trip Ticket, Please | p. 166 |
| Chapter 23 Traveling Together | p. 174 |
| Part 3 p. 179 | |
| Chapter 24 In the Land of the Morning Calm | p. 183 |
| Chapter 25 Lost | p. 186 |
| Chapter 26 Connecting flights | p. 191 |
| Chapter 27 Seoul Train | p. 198 |
| Chapter 28 Same, Same | p. 204 |
| Epilogue | p. 209 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 213 |
