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Reaching for Beautiful

By Sally McQuillen

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Reaching for Beautiful

By Sally McQuillen

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For fans of Joan Didion's The Year of Magical Thinking or David Sheff's Beautiful Boy, this debut memoir about a mother grieving her young-adult son's death is a must-read for any parent who has lost a child or whose child struggles with addiction. A luminous story of how love triumphs over pain, love transcends fear, and love never dies; this debut memoir from a mother grieving her young-adult son's death is a must-read for any parent who has lost a child, is raising a child from the edge of their seat, or whose family struggles with addiction. When Sally's twenty-one-year-old son died in a boat accident, her greatest fear is realized. Christopher was often drawn to risk and struggled with addiction. In this riveting memoir, Sally captures the wild ride of his jam-packed life and her deep love for him while reflecting on her own childhood and family's legacy of alcoholism. Sally shares insights about what it's like to experience the emotional aftershocks of acute grief, filtered through the lens of her personal experience as a mother and her professional vantage point as a psychotherapist. Even if they have not been touched by loss in this way, readers may see themselves in Sally's bittersweet illusion of trying to keep her son safe, in how she is challenged to let go of her fear, guilt, and regret in order to forgive herself, and in the ways grief teaches her about the power of love.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
248
Release Date:
2025-04-01
Publication Date:
2025-04-01
Publisher:
She Writes Press
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1647428602
ISBN13:
9781647428600
Weight:
355 g
Height:
140 cm
Width:
216 cm
Thickness:
15 cm
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