Lynn Caine
Lynn Caine
Lynn Cainewas an American author and publishing agent at Little, Brown and Company from 1967 to 1976. She is best known for her best-selling book "Widow", published on May 29, 1974, about her experiences after the death from cancer of her husband Martin Caine in 1971. In this book, she also talked about couples getting financing and life insurance, something Caine did not have after her husband died and she also mentions how she once refused a partnership in a...
husbands identities lose society women
Our society is set up so that most women lose their identities when their husbands die.
sad grieving littles
Since every death diminishes us a little, we grieve - not so much for the death as for ourselves.
beach husband tunnels
After my husband died, I felt like one of those spiraled shells washed upon the beach... Poke a straw through the twisting tunnel, around and around, and there is nothing there. No flesh. No life. Whatever lived there is dried up and gone.
mean long hurtful
Widow" is a harsh and hurtful word. It comes from the Sanskrit and it means "empty." I have been empty too long.
creativity doors trying
If the door is locked, try the window.
children father men
It's wrenching enough to lose the man who is your lover, your companion, your best friend, the father of your children, without losing yourself as well.