Jennifer Bush-Harris

What's In Her Name? Jennifer Bush-Harris

Break ups are hard. Divorce is harder. There is a clause in divorce paperwork that asks "Does the wife want her maiden name back?" It is this concept of identity is complicated. When an identity is attached to a relationship--what does that mean when the relationship ends? These are the questions the author explores in this work. What does it mean to have a woman be 'given' her name back? Can that really happen? What happens when she does?