Sisters in Mourning

Caring for their mothers at the end of their lives and grieving for them after their deaths brought them together. Seven women from diverse racial, cultural, and religious traditions with differing sexual orientations and life experiences became seven ＂sisters in mourning,＂ meeting to share their grief and to remember together--not only their mothers but themselves as daughters. This book is a rich compilation of narratives that emerged through vulnerable conversations--a spiritual, emotional, and existential exploration of the complexities of caring and grieving. As their grief transformed over time, and their friendship deepened, their understanding of who their mothers were and the nuances of their relationships with them continued to evolve. Sisters in Mourning invites readers to a journey of healing and insight.

Su Yon Pak is Senior Director and Associate Professor of Integrative and Field-Based Education at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. She is the coauthor of Singing the Lord’s Song in a New Land (2005) and coeditor of Leading Wisdom (2017).



Rabbi Mychal B. Springer is the manager of Clinical Pastoral Education at New York-Presbyterian Hospital in New York City. She was the founding director of the Center of Pastoral Education at the Jewish Theological Seminary, where she was ordained as a rabbi.