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Children of cancer patients -- United States -- Biography.
Fathers -- Death.
Loss (Psychology) -- Biography.
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Braitman, Laurel.
Braitman, Laurel.
Children of cancer patients -- United States -- Biography.
Fathers -- Death.
Loss (Psychology) -- Biography.
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What looks like bravery : an epic journey through loss to love /
Laurel
Braitman
.
by
Braitman
,
Laurel
.
Simon & Schuster, 2023.
Call #:
155.937092 B814w
Subjects
Braitman
,
Laurel
.
Children of cancer patients -- United States -- Biography.
Fathers -- Death.
Loss (Psychology) -- Biography.
ISBN:
9781501158506 (lib. bdg.)
Edition:
1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
Description:
280 p. ; 24 cm.
Notes:
Laurel
Braitman
is the New York Times bestselling author of Animal Madness. She has a PhD from MIT in the history and anthropology of science and is the Director of the Writing and Storytelling Program at the Stanford University School of Medicine. Her writing has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Guardian, Wired, and a variety of other publications. She lives between rural Alaska and her family’s citrus and avocado ranch in Southern California.
Summary:
"
Laurel
Braitman
spent her childhood learning how to outfish grown men, keep bees, and fix carburetors from her larger-than-life dad. Diagnosed with terminal cancer, he went to spectacular lengths to teach her the skills she'd need to survive without him. But by her mid-thirties she is a ship about to splinter on the rocks, exhausted by running from her own bad feelings. We follow as
Laurel
changes course, navigating multiple wildernesses -- from northern New Mexico and western Alaska to her own Tinder app. She learns the hard way that no achievement, no matter how shiny, can protect her from pain, and works to transform guilt and regret into gold: learning from a badass birder in the Bering Sea, a few dozen grieving kids in a support group, a pile of smoking ashes, and countless online dates. Along the way, she faces a wildfire that threatens everyone and everything she cares about, a grueling test of her own survival skills, and the fact that we often have to say our hardest goodbyes before we're ready. In the end
Laurel
realizes that being open to love after loss is not only possible, it can set us free."--Inside front jacket flap.
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Memoirs.
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