The Conditions of Love by Dale M. Kushner

M testifies to the heroic dimensions of women’s lives. Kushner’s debut collection of poetry, M, has just been published by 3: A Taos Press.

You can order it now at Indiebound, Bookshop, Barnes & Noble, or Amazon.ĭale M. Margot Livesey, author of The Flight of Gemma Hardy, Eva Moves the Furniture, and The Boy in the Field “An immaculately written, enthralling, and passionate debut.” Ann Hood, author of An Italian Wife, The Obituary Writer, and Somewhere Off the Coast of Maine “Can this wise, funny, quirky, poignant novel really be Dale Kushner’s debut? She got everything just right-characters who you will never forget and a palpable yearning for love that you will feel in your gut. She has recently completed her second novel with the working title The Lost Mother Archive. She has special interest in mother/daughter relationships, intergenerational trauma, family secrets and resilience, dream analysis, and the impact of history and memory on our personal lives, writing about those themes each month on her blog “ Transcending the Past” on Psychology Today.ĭale’s first novel, THE CONDITIONS OF LOVE, was published by Grand Central. Her work draws on the writings of Carl Jung, myths, fairy tales, Buddhist practice, neuroscience, epigenetics, the hidden life of plants and animals, mystery and magic. What are the raw and tender stories that shape our lives? Her work wrestles with the “twin spectaculars” of love and loss. DALE M KUSHNER is a novelist, poet, and essayist driven to understand what makes us human.

The Conditions of Love by Dale M. Kushner