Following her diagnosis with breast cancer, clinical psychologist Kathy Weingarten became acutely aware of deeply ingrained cultural messages about mothering that were limiting her ability to share emotional intimacy with her children under those crisis conditions. This discovery led Dr. Weingarten to question popular beliefs about what makes a good mother, and to rethink the meanings of maternal self-disclosure and hierarchy within the family. Reworking the story of her motherhood, and her relationship to her own mother's story, she forged a new authenticity i her relationship with her son and daughter. The Mother's Voice tells us how. @1STPARA = A new preface to the paperback edition, written with characteristic humor and insight, updates readers on the author's continuing professional, theoretical, and personal transformations as she and her loved ones enter anew phase of living with her cancer.