Reaching for Beautiful: A Memoir of Loving and Losing a Wild Child

di Sally McQuillen (Autore)

She Writes Press, 2025

When Sally learns that her twenty-one-year-old son Christopher died tragically in a boat accident, her greatest fear is realized. Christopher was often drawn to risk and struggled with addiction, and in this riveting memoir, Sally captures the wild ride of his jam-packed life and her deep love for him while also reflecting on her own childhood and family legacy of alcoholism.  This book is for any parent raising a child from the edge of their seat, or for those suffering the trauma of losing a child. Sally shares insights about what it's like to experience the emotional aftershocks of acute grief, and readers may see themselves in Sally's bittersweet illusion of trying to keep Christopher 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. Reaching for Beautiful is a luminous story of how love triumphs over pain, love transcends fear, and love never dies.

• Autore: Sally McQuillen
• Editore: She Writes Press
• Anno: 2025
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 256 p.
• Dimensioni: 216 x 140 mm
• EAN: 9781647428600

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