BOOKS

University of Chicago Press, 2024

Between Us: Healing Ourselves and Changing the World Through Sociology

Edited by Marika Lindholm & Elizabeth Anne Wood

This heartfelt collection is a testament to sociology’s power to heal people and transform societies.
 
The world is a tough place right now. Climate change, income inequality, racist violence, and the erosion of democracy have exposed the vulnerability of our individual and collective futures. But as the sociologists gathered here by Marika Lindholm and Elizabeth Wood show, no matter how helpless we might feel, it’s vital that we discover new paths toward healing and change. (READ MORE)

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She Writes Press, 2019

Bound: A Daughter, a Domme, and an End-of-Life Story

by Elizabeth Anne Wood

Unflinchingly honest and darkly funny, this memoir will resonate with anyone facing the complicated reality of aging and illness in the United States.

Elizabeth and her mother, Judy, have always had a complicated relationship. Now they face a confounding illness, as well as a labyrinthine healthcare system, at a complicated stage of life. Nothing is as it first seems in this riveting account of an unconventional mother-daughter journey—a journey that from the start poses questions about love, life, family, aging, healthcare, sex, and death. (READ MORE)

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