Author: Tomas Gonzalez Publisher: Archipelago ISBN: 1939810604 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 153
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Grappling with his son's death, the painter David explores his grief through art and writing, etching out the rippled landscape of his loss. Over twenty years after his son's death, nearly blind and unable to paint, David turns to writing to examine the deep shades of his loss. Despite his acute pain, or perhaps because of it, David observes beauty in the ordinary: in the resemblance of a woman to Egyptian portraits, in the horseshoe crabs that wash up on Coney Island, in the foam gathering behind a ferry propeller; in these moments, González reveals the world through a painter's eyes. From one of Colombia's greatest contemporary novelists, Difficult Light is a formally daring meditation on grief, written in candid, arresting prose.
Author: Cameron Carson Publisher: Karl Duggan ISBN: Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 76
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This compassionate guide offers practical advice on how to navigate the challenges of parenting through grief, providing comfort and guidance during a time of loss. Drawing on expert advice and real-life experiences, this book explores the unique needs of children facing loss and offers effective ways to help them cope with their emotions. With a focus on empathy and understanding, Guiding Lightexplores the important role parents play in supporting their children through grief. From discussing death and loss with sensitivity to creating a safe space for children to express their feelings, this book offers practical tips and meaningful suggestions for navigating the grieving process as a family. Through heartfelt stories and gentle guidance, readers will find comfort and reassurance in knowing that they are not alone in their journey through grief. The importance of communication and connection is central to the advice offered in Guiding Light. Readers will learn how to help children process their emotions and find healthy ways to express their grief. From creating memories to honoring loved ones, this book provides valuable suggestions for helping children cope with loss and find healing along the way. By fostering open and honest conversations, parents can help guide their children through grief with compassion and understanding. With Guiding Light,readers will gain a deeper understanding of the grieving process and learn how to support children through loss in a meaningful and compassionate way. This essential resource offers hope and guidance for parents navigating the challenges of parenting through grief, providing a beacon of light for families facing difficult times. Through practical advice and heartfelt support, this book serves as a valuable companion for those seeking to nurture their children through the pain of loss.
Author: Roxane Gay Publisher: Grove/Atlantic, Inc. ISBN: 0802189644 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 276
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The New York Times–bestselling author of Bad Feminist shares a collection of stories about hardscrabble lives, passionate loves and vexed human connection. The women in these stories live lives of privilege and of poverty, are in marriages both loving and haunted by past crimes or emotional blackmail. A pair of sisters, grown now, have been inseparable ever since they were abducted together as children, and must negotiate the elder sister’s marriage. A woman married to a twin pretends not to realize when her husband and his brother impersonate each other. A stripper putting herself through college fends off the advances of an overzealous customer. A black engineer moves to Upper Michigan for a job and faces the malign curiosity of her colleagues and the difficulty of leaving her past behind. From a girls’ fight club to a wealthy subdivision in Florida where neighbors conform, compete, and spy on each other, Roxanne Gay delivers a wry, beautiful, haunting vision of modern America with her “signature wry wit and piercing psychological depth” (Harper’s Bazaar).
Author: Brett Martin Publisher: Penguin ISBN: 0143125699 Category : Performing Arts Languages : en Pages : 337
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The 10th anniversary edition, now with a new preface by the author "A wonderfully smart, lively, and culturally astute survey." - The New York Times Book Review "Grand entertainment...fascinating for anyone curious about the perplexing miracles of how great television comes to be." - The Wall Street Journal "I love this book...It's the kind of thing I wish I'd been able to read in film school, back before such books existed." - Vince Gilligan, creator of Breaking Bad and co-creator of Better Call Saul In the late 1990s and early 2000s, the landscape of television began an unprecedented transformation. While the networks continued to chase the lowest common denominator, a wave of new shows on cable channels dramatically stretched television’s narrative inventiveness, emotional resonance, and creative ambition. Combining deep reportage with critical analysis and historical context, Brett Martin recounts the rise and inner workings of this artistic watershed - a golden age of TV that continues to transform America's cultural landscape. Difficult Men features extensive interviews with all the major players - including David Chase (The Sopranos), David Simon and Ed Burns (The Wire), David Milch (NYPD Blue, Deadwood), Alan Ball (Six Feet Under), and Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul) - and reveals how television became a truly significant and influential part of our culture.
Author: Terri Apter Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company ISBN: 0393083926 Category : Family & Relationships Languages : en Pages : 257
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An essential work for readers seeking compassionate, wise guidance about the powerful relationship between mothers and their sons and daughters. Mother love is often seen as sacred, but for many children the relationship is a painful struggle. Using the newest research on human attachment and brain development, Terri Apter, an internationally acclaimed psychologist and writer, unlocks the mysteries of this complicated bond. She showcases the five different types of difficult mother—the angry mother, the controlling mother, the narcissistic mother, the envious mother, and the emotionally neglectful mother—and explains the patterns of behavior seen in each type. Apter also explores the dilemma at the heart of a difficult relationship: why a mother has such a powerful impact on us and why we continue to care about her responses long after we have outgrown our dependence. She then shows how we can conduct an “emotional audit” on ourselves to overcome the power of the complex feelings a difficult mother inflicts. In the end this book celebrates the great resilience of sons and daughters of difficult mothers as well as acknowledging their special challenges.
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