Author: Sherri Devashrayee Wittwer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781555036553
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Gone Too Soon
Author: Sherri Devashrayee Wittwer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781555036553
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781555036553
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart
Author: Gordon Livingston
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 0786732261
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The beloved bestselling collection of common sense wisdom from a celebrated psychologist and military veteran who proves it's never too late to move beyond the deepest of personal losses After service in Vietnam, as a surgeon for the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1968-69, at the height of the war, Dr. Gordon Livingston returned to the U.S. and began work as a psychiatrist. In that capacity, he has listened to people talk about their lives--what works, what doesn't, and the limitless ways (many of them self-inflicted) that people find to be unhappy. He is also a parent twice bereaved; in one thirteen-month period he lost his eldest son to suicide, his youngest to leukemia. Out of a lifetime of experience, Gordon Livingston has extracted thirty bedrock truths, including: We are what we do. Any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least. The perfect is the enemy of the good. Only bad things happen quickly. Forgiveness is a form of letting go, but they are not the same thing. The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood traumas. Livingston illuminates these and twenty-four other truths in a series of carefully hewn, perfectly calibrated essays, many of which focus on our closest relationships and the things that we do to impede or, less frequently, enhance them. Again and again, these essays underscore that "we are what we do," and that while there may be no escaping who we are, we have the capacity to face loss, misfortune, and regret and to move beyond them--that it is not too late. Full of things we may know but have not articulated to ourselves, Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart offers solace, guidance, and hope to everyone ready to become the person they'd most like to be.
Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books
ISBN: 0786732261
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 124
Book Description
The beloved bestselling collection of common sense wisdom from a celebrated psychologist and military veteran who proves it's never too late to move beyond the deepest of personal losses After service in Vietnam, as a surgeon for the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment in 1968-69, at the height of the war, Dr. Gordon Livingston returned to the U.S. and began work as a psychiatrist. In that capacity, he has listened to people talk about their lives--what works, what doesn't, and the limitless ways (many of them self-inflicted) that people find to be unhappy. He is also a parent twice bereaved; in one thirteen-month period he lost his eldest son to suicide, his youngest to leukemia. Out of a lifetime of experience, Gordon Livingston has extracted thirty bedrock truths, including: We are what we do. Any relationship is under the control of the person who cares the least. The perfect is the enemy of the good. Only bad things happen quickly. Forgiveness is a form of letting go, but they are not the same thing. The statute of limitations has expired on most of our childhood traumas. Livingston illuminates these and twenty-four other truths in a series of carefully hewn, perfectly calibrated essays, many of which focus on our closest relationships and the things that we do to impede or, less frequently, enhance them. Again and again, these essays underscore that "we are what we do," and that while there may be no escaping who we are, we have the capacity to face loss, misfortune, and regret and to move beyond them--that it is not too late. Full of things we may know but have not articulated to ourselves, Too Soon Old, Too Late Smart offers solace, guidance, and hope to everyone ready to become the person they'd most like to be.
People: Gone Too Soon
Author: Editors of People Magazine
Publisher: People
ISBN: 9781933821177
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A compilation of biographical profiles looks back at the all too short lives of sixty-five popular celebrities who died too soon, including John Lennon, JFK Jr., Steve Irwin, Selena, River Phoenix, and Elvis Presley.
Publisher: People
ISBN: 9781933821177
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
A compilation of biographical profiles looks back at the all too short lives of sixty-five popular celebrities who died too soon, including John Lennon, JFK Jr., Steve Irwin, Selena, River Phoenix, and Elvis Presley.
Searching for Normal
Author: Karen Meadows
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1631521381
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Karen Meadows had a normal, happy family until depression consumed her daughter, Sadie—a struggle that ended with Sadie’s suicide at age eighteen. In Searching for Normal, Meadows shares her family’s journey as she tries to help her daughter Sadie cope with her mental illness, expertly intertwining her own storyline with excerpts from her daughter’s diaries. The years Meadows chronicles are characterized by Sadie’s heartbreaking bouts of running away, cutting, and living with Portland street families while Karen and her husband desperately search for solutions—trying medication, hospitals, therapy, wilderness and residential treatment programs, and more. Ultimately, however, they find themselves confronted with the devastating shortcomings of the US’s mental health system. Including hindsight advice from Meadows, along with an extensive list of resources that she wishes someone had provided her when she was trying to help Sadie, this book will help parents of struggling teens feel less isolated and better equipped to navigate their teenager’s mental illness. : Meadows also describes recent developments that are paving the way for better diagnoses and treatment options.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1631521381
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 342
Book Description
Karen Meadows had a normal, happy family until depression consumed her daughter, Sadie—a struggle that ended with Sadie’s suicide at age eighteen. In Searching for Normal, Meadows shares her family’s journey as she tries to help her daughter Sadie cope with her mental illness, expertly intertwining her own storyline with excerpts from her daughter’s diaries. The years Meadows chronicles are characterized by Sadie’s heartbreaking bouts of running away, cutting, and living with Portland street families while Karen and her husband desperately search for solutions—trying medication, hospitals, therapy, wilderness and residential treatment programs, and more. Ultimately, however, they find themselves confronted with the devastating shortcomings of the US’s mental health system. Including hindsight advice from Meadows, along with an extensive list of resources that she wishes someone had provided her when she was trying to help Sadie, this book will help parents of struggling teens feel less isolated and better equipped to navigate their teenager’s mental illness. : Meadows also describes recent developments that are paving the way for better diagnoses and treatment options.
Too Soon to Say Goodbye
Author: Art Buchwald
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588365743
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
“[Art Buchwald] has given his friends, their families, and his audiences so many laughs and so much joy through the years that that alone would be an enduring legacy. But Art has never been just about the quick laugh. His humor is a road map to essential truths and insights that might otherwise have eluded us.”—Tom Brokaw When doctors told Art Buchwald that his kidneys were kaput, the renowned humorist declined dialysis and checked into a Washington, D.C., hospice to live out his final days. Months later, “The Man Who Wouldn’t Die” was still there, feeling good, holding court in a nonstop “salon” for his family and dozens of famous friends, and confronting things you usually don’t talk about before you die; he even jokes about them. Here Buchwald shares not only his remarkable experience—as dozens of old pals from Ethel Kennedy to John Glenn to the Queen of Swaziland join the party—but also his whole wonderful life: his first love, an early brush with death in a foxhole on Eniwetok Atoll, his fourteen champagne years in Paris, fame as a columnist syndicated in hundreds of newspapers, and his incarnation as hospice superstar. Buchwald also shares his sorrows: coping with an absent mother, childhood in a foster home, and separation from his wife, Ann. He plans his funeral (with a priest, a rabbi, and Billy Graham, to cover all the bases) and strategizes how to land a big obituary in The New York Times (“Make sure no head of state or Nobel Prize winner dies on the same day”). He describes how he and a few of his famous friends finagled cut-rate burial plots on Martha’s Vineyard and how he acquired a Picasso drawing without really trying. What we have here is a national treasure, the complete Buchwald, uncertain of where the next days or weeks may take him but unfazed by the inevitable, living life to the fullest, with frankness, dignity, and humor.
Publisher: Random House
ISBN: 1588365743
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
“[Art Buchwald] has given his friends, their families, and his audiences so many laughs and so much joy through the years that that alone would be an enduring legacy. But Art has never been just about the quick laugh. His humor is a road map to essential truths and insights that might otherwise have eluded us.”—Tom Brokaw When doctors told Art Buchwald that his kidneys were kaput, the renowned humorist declined dialysis and checked into a Washington, D.C., hospice to live out his final days. Months later, “The Man Who Wouldn’t Die” was still there, feeling good, holding court in a nonstop “salon” for his family and dozens of famous friends, and confronting things you usually don’t talk about before you die; he even jokes about them. Here Buchwald shares not only his remarkable experience—as dozens of old pals from Ethel Kennedy to John Glenn to the Queen of Swaziland join the party—but also his whole wonderful life: his first love, an early brush with death in a foxhole on Eniwetok Atoll, his fourteen champagne years in Paris, fame as a columnist syndicated in hundreds of newspapers, and his incarnation as hospice superstar. Buchwald also shares his sorrows: coping with an absent mother, childhood in a foster home, and separation from his wife, Ann. He plans his funeral (with a priest, a rabbi, and Billy Graham, to cover all the bases) and strategizes how to land a big obituary in The New York Times (“Make sure no head of state or Nobel Prize winner dies on the same day”). He describes how he and a few of his famous friends finagled cut-rate burial plots on Martha’s Vineyard and how he acquired a Picasso drawing without really trying. What we have here is a national treasure, the complete Buchwald, uncertain of where the next days or weeks may take him but unfazed by the inevitable, living life to the fullest, with frankness, dignity, and humor.
Gone Too Soon
Author: Navimayr Lopez
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1481777998
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Lance thought he had it all. Until he got that devastating call. The joy of his career, the short- wrecked romance with the all-too-real Nancy Mendez and the most important person in his life, his Guardian Angel, all spinning out of control. Could the reality of what he thought was his happiness turn into a total disaster? Could the family he never had walk into his life? Or could anything he never expected be gone too soon?
Publisher: Author House
ISBN: 1481777998
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 101
Book Description
Lance thought he had it all. Until he got that devastating call. The joy of his career, the short- wrecked romance with the all-too-real Nancy Mendez and the most important person in his life, his Guardian Angel, all spinning out of control. Could the reality of what he thought was his happiness turn into a total disaster? Could the family he never had walk into his life? Or could anything he never expected be gone too soon?
Always Too Soon
Author: Allison Gilbert
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 9781580051767
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This sensitive and candid portrayal of loss brings together experiences from famous and ordinary grief-stricken sons and daughters who have lost both parents and explores the regrets, heartache, and sometimes relief that accompany pain and healing.
Publisher: Seal Press
ISBN: 9781580051767
Category : Self-Help
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
This sensitive and candid portrayal of loss brings together experiences from famous and ordinary grief-stricken sons and daughters who have lost both parents and explores the regrets, heartache, and sometimes relief that accompany pain and healing.
No One Tells You This
Author: Glynnis MacNicol
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1501163140
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Featured in multiple “must-read” lists, No One Tells You This is “sharp, intimate…A funny, frank, and fearless memoir…and a refreshing view of the possibilities—and pitfalls—personal freedom can offer modern women” (Kirkus Reviews). If the story doesn’t end with marriage or a child, what then? This question plagued Glynnis MacNicol on the eve of her fortieth birthday. Despite a successful career as a writer, and an exciting life in New York City, Glynnis was constantly reminded she had neither of the things the world expected of a woman her age: a partner or a baby. She knew she was supposed to feel bad about this. After all, single women and those without children are often seen as objects of pity or indulgent spoiled creatures who think only of themselves. Glynnis refused to be cast into either of those roles, and yet the question remained: What now? There was no good blueprint for how to be a woman alone in the world. It was time to create one. Over the course of her fortieth year, which this “beguiling” (The Washington Post) memoir chronicles, Glynnis embarks on a revealing journey of self-discovery that continually contradicts everything she’d been led to expect. Through the trials of family illness and turmoil, and the thrills of far-flung travel and adventures with men, young and old (and sometimes wearing cowboy hats), she wrestles with her biggest hopes and fears about love, death, sex, friendship, and loneliness. In doing so, she discovers that holding the power to determine her own fate requires a resilience and courage that no one talks about, and is more rewarding than anyone imagines. “Amid the raft of motherhood memoirs out this summer, it’s refreshing to read a book unapologetically dedicated to the fulfillment of single life” (Vogue). No One Tells You This is an “honest” (Huffington Post) reckoning with modern womanhood and “a perfect balance between edgy and poignant” (People)—an exhilarating journey that will resonate with anyone determined to live by their own rules.
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 1501163140
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 304
Book Description
Featured in multiple “must-read” lists, No One Tells You This is “sharp, intimate…A funny, frank, and fearless memoir…and a refreshing view of the possibilities—and pitfalls—personal freedom can offer modern women” (Kirkus Reviews). If the story doesn’t end with marriage or a child, what then? This question plagued Glynnis MacNicol on the eve of her fortieth birthday. Despite a successful career as a writer, and an exciting life in New York City, Glynnis was constantly reminded she had neither of the things the world expected of a woman her age: a partner or a baby. She knew she was supposed to feel bad about this. After all, single women and those without children are often seen as objects of pity or indulgent spoiled creatures who think only of themselves. Glynnis refused to be cast into either of those roles, and yet the question remained: What now? There was no good blueprint for how to be a woman alone in the world. It was time to create one. Over the course of her fortieth year, which this “beguiling” (The Washington Post) memoir chronicles, Glynnis embarks on a revealing journey of self-discovery that continually contradicts everything she’d been led to expect. Through the trials of family illness and turmoil, and the thrills of far-flung travel and adventures with men, young and old (and sometimes wearing cowboy hats), she wrestles with her biggest hopes and fears about love, death, sex, friendship, and loneliness. In doing so, she discovers that holding the power to determine her own fate requires a resilience and courage that no one talks about, and is more rewarding than anyone imagines. “Amid the raft of motherhood memoirs out this summer, it’s refreshing to read a book unapologetically dedicated to the fulfillment of single life” (Vogue). No One Tells You This is an “honest” (Huffington Post) reckoning with modern womanhood and “a perfect balance between edgy and poignant” (People)—an exhilarating journey that will resonate with anyone determined to live by their own rules.
A Childhood Gone too Soon
Author: Hella Pat
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1447668448
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1447668448
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 146
Book Description
Gone Too Soon
Author: Lisa Lark
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949478594
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
? 9" x 12" Hardbound? Color Dust Jacket? 88 Pages, with 24 Color PagesFrom its earliest days, Dearborn, Michigan has had a strong connection to the US military. It was named for a Revolutionary War hero and served as a military arsenal in the 19th century. The Dearborn area has long sent its sons and daughters off to war in service of our country, and has long been known for honoring the sacrifices of those who have given their lives in service to our country.To further honor and remember the 347 people Dearborn has lost in service, MT Publishing presents Gone Too Soon: Dearborn Remembers Its Fallen Heroes. This coffee-table style book will include a brief biographical entry for each of the 347 names, as well as remembrances and artwork created by family, friends, and community members.Proceeds from the sale of the book will be used to further honor Dearborn's fallen, either through the creation of new memorials, the creation of educational resources, or the repair of existing memorials and grave markers.Only a limited number of books will be printed, therefore it is necessary to take all orders in advance. The pre-publication price is $69.95* for the bonded leather edition and $34.95* for the deluxe standard. This hardbound book will be 9" x 12" with a full color dust jacket and will contain 88 pages with 24 color pages. You may have your copy personalized with a name stamping on the cover for a nominal charge. Don't hesitate, place your order now!
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781949478594
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
? 9" x 12" Hardbound? Color Dust Jacket? 88 Pages, with 24 Color PagesFrom its earliest days, Dearborn, Michigan has had a strong connection to the US military. It was named for a Revolutionary War hero and served as a military arsenal in the 19th century. The Dearborn area has long sent its sons and daughters off to war in service of our country, and has long been known for honoring the sacrifices of those who have given their lives in service to our country.To further honor and remember the 347 people Dearborn has lost in service, MT Publishing presents Gone Too Soon: Dearborn Remembers Its Fallen Heroes. This coffee-table style book will include a brief biographical entry for each of the 347 names, as well as remembrances and artwork created by family, friends, and community members.Proceeds from the sale of the book will be used to further honor Dearborn's fallen, either through the creation of new memorials, the creation of educational resources, or the repair of existing memorials and grave markers.Only a limited number of books will be printed, therefore it is necessary to take all orders in advance. The pre-publication price is $69.95* for the bonded leather edition and $34.95* for the deluxe standard. This hardbound book will be 9" x 12" with a full color dust jacket and will contain 88 pages with 24 color pages. You may have your copy personalized with a name stamping on the cover for a nominal charge. Don't hesitate, place your order now!