Rea Bochner – Author and Mom

Self Exploration, Writing

I’m Tired of Your Opinions

Posted on October 2, 2020

I’m tired of your opinions. I’m tired of your opinions about COVID. I’m tired of your opinions about the election….

Anatomy of a Relapse

Posted on February 26, 2020

Coming up in just a few weeks is what would have been my 16-year anniversary of abstinence and sobriety. But…

Grief and Loss

Ten Years

Posted on May 14, 2019

Ten years ago today, you died. I didn’t give much thought to this anniversary before it arrived. My life is…

Grief and Loss

Same Time, Next Year

Posted on March 20, 2019

My dad called me one afternoon to tell me he had just finished watching “Same Time, Next Year.” “Nice,” I…

Humor

Travels with my Family

Posted on November 26, 2018

I got to travel a lot this year. Back in March, my sister and I escaped to Florida, tearing around…

Grief and Loss, Self Exploration

A Place of Okay

Posted on November 13, 2018

Her real name is Lynn, but I’ve always known her as Peach. She got the nickname in college, when she…

Humor

Einstein’s Mom Hates Me

Posted on November 8, 2018

Last week I went to a presentation at my son’s school. Every kid in his class dressed up as an historical…

Grief and Loss

Maybe it is, Maybe it isn’t

Posted on October 31, 2018

There was once a wise farmer with a large field, who made his living with the crops he grew and…

Spiritual Discovery

Bah Humbug!

Posted on September 21, 2018

I was just on the phone with my sister-in-law in Israel, bitching about how much my Yom Kippur sucked. I…

Spiritual Discovery

A Healthy Girl

Posted on September 2, 2018

I’ve heard it said that God responds to our prayers in one of three ways: Yes, Not now, or, I have…

Reviews

Rea Bochner is a fantastic writer, a marvelous storyteller and a deeply empathetic soul. Read her story and be inspired and uplifted. She's funny too!"

- Sara Benincasa, author of "Real Artists Have Day Jobs"

"This irresistible, spiritual memoir is chock full of irreverence, heart, astonishing insight and laugh-out-loud humor - and not a drop of schmaltz. Altogether a jewel of a book."

- Ruchama King Feuerman, Author of "In The Courtyard of the Kabbalist"

"Rea Bochner’s The Cape House is a book to read again and again. The poignant memoir of her mother is heartbreaking, hilarious, and impossible to put down. Few writers can handle such themes as family and death with the seamless grace as Bochner does in The Cape House . Even more unbelievable is that this book is a debut. Rea Bochner is a stand-out author who we will surely see more from for many years."

- Laura Wieland, Author of "The Final Swing"