A Walk on the Beach

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Shortly after arriving on Cape Cod to spend a year by herself,Joan Anderson’s chance encounter with a wise, playful, andastonishing woman helped her usher in the transformations andself-discoveries that led to her ongoing renewal. First glimpsed asa slender figure on a fogged-in beach, Joan Erikson was not only afriend and confidante when one was most needed, but also a guide asAnderson stretched and grew into her unfinished self.Joan Erikson was perhaps best known for her collaboration withher husband, Erik, a pioneering psychoanalyst and noted author.After Erik’s death, she wrote several books extending their theoryof the stages of life to reflect her understanding of aging as sheneared ninety-five. But her wisdom was best taught through theirfriendship; as she sat with Anderson, weaving tapestries of theirlives with brightly colored yarn while exploring the strengthgathered from their accumulated experiences, Joan Erikson’s lessonstook shape on their small cardboard looms as well as in herfriend’s revitalized life.In writing about their extraordinary friendship, Anderson revealsa need she didn’t know she had: for a mentor to help navigate thetransitions she faced as she grew beyond middle age. And when JoanErikson had to face her husband’s death and the growing limitationsof her own body, Anderson was able to give back some of the wisdomshe had gleaned. To this poignant, joyful account, Joan Andersonbrings the candor and sensitivity that have made her an acclaimedspeaker and writer on midlife and its possibilities. A Walk on theBeach is an experience to savor and treasure, a glimpse of theexuberant spirit that can be sustained and passed on in all ourfriendships.

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