Dancing in the Narrows
“Dancing in the Narrows” chronicles a mother and daughter’s multiyear journey through illness and trauma. Desperate to find a cure, the two women are thrust into the established medical world, then far beyond.
Full of adventure, humor and blind faith, Anna exemplifies what it means to stant on your own two feet. “Dancing In The Narrows” is an inspiring story of self-discovery, as a single mother fights to free herself and the life of her child.
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“Dancing in the Narrows provides a close-up look at the fears and hopes of a parent desperate to save her child, who is clinging to life despite its pains. This story will be read with serious intent by anyone who has experienced even a small portion of the pair’s long and strained yet close-knit bonding.”
—BookReporter
Penenberg writes with a mother’s passion, humor, and love about her determination to cure her daughter. Perhaps more important is that Penenberg shares her doubts and frailties as she takes on the medical establishment, her own state of mind, and even her daughter. Dancing in the Narrows is as beautifully written as it is profound.
–Brett Paesel, LA Times Bestselling Author, Mommies Who Drink and Everything is Just Fine
In Dancing In The Narrows, Anna’s unceasing determination to save her daughter from death or a painful life of chronic illness becomes a long journey of steadfast intuition. This compelling memoir pulls you into an epic search for answers in a medical system where there is limited understanding of chronic Lyme disease, and where both western and alternative medicines are challenged. Amidst fear and exhaustion, as well as the age-old struggle of independence between parent and child, we find humor, road trips, and nature treks. You will undoubtedly be inspired by this story of a woman’s lifelong focus on wellness.
–JJ Virgin, 4x NYT best-selling author, Warrior Mom
When her daughter is stricken with a mysterious and debilitating form of Lyme disease, Penenberg sets off on a multi-year journey, fueled by a mother’s fierceness, taking the lead where Western medicine won’t go. With grace and wisdom, she beautifully grounds the unfathomable in ordinary tasks of daily life. This book is a meditation on courage in the face of the unknowable, and offers solace to others facing the same.
– Cynthia Li, MD, author of Brave New Medicine
In Dancing In The Narrows, Anna takes courageous action to unravel her own emotional imprints that could affect her daughter.. A must read for anyone who suffers from birth trauma or has a child who does. This odyssey will give you hope.
–Annie Brook, Ph.D., author of Birth’s Hidden Legacy and The Developing Infant
When mothers and daughters share generational cosmology, upon maturing the daughters become sisters as well as daughters to the mother, and this is where the true magic begins. In working with Anna Penenberg all these years, I have found that her goddess-like connection to the world balances the magic of the feminine with the logic of the masculine. Anna’s book enables readers to discover what true sorcery is: the ability to see the source of whatever is; whether it is the joy of relating or the challenge of disease. Dancing in the Narrows demonstrates this evolutionary relation between mothers, their daughters, and their destinies.
–Guru Singh, Kundalini Yoga master teacher and author, Buried Treasures: The Journey From Where You Are to Who You Are
Dancing in the Narrows is a powerful adventure by a mother and her daughter into the landscape of the heart. Life has a way of asserting itself to teach us all its lessons. Anna Penenberg is a gifted writer who captivates the reader with a story of an endurance that hope brings and how love continues to uplift and inspire. Kudos, you spread my heart wide open.
—Elizabeth R. Kipp, author of The Way Through Chronic Pain