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Disaster Falls : A Family Story by Stephane Gerson
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Author: Stephane Gerson
Number of Pages: 272 pages
Published Date: 24 Jan 2017
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
Type: eBook
ISBN: 9781101906699
File Name: Disaster.Falls.A.Family.Story.pdf
Download Link: Disaster Falls A Family Story
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In this piercing memoir, a father maps the contours of his grief and explores how his family navigates the unthinkable loss of eight-year-old Owen. On a day like any other, on a rafting trip down Utah's Green River, Stéphane Gerson’s eight-year-old son, Owen, drowned in a spot known as Disaster Falls. That same night, as darkness fell, Stéphane huddled in a tent with his wife, Alison, and their older son, Julian, trying to understand what seemed inconceivable. "It’s just the three of us now," Alison said over the sounds of a light rain and, nearby, the rushing river. "We cannot do it alone. We have to stick together." Disaster Falls chronicles the aftermath of that day and their shared determination to stay true to Alison’s resolution. Gerson captures the different ways of grieving that threatened to isolate each of them in their post-Owen worlds and then, with beautiful specificity, shows how he and Alison preserved and reconfigured their marriage from within. Blending family history (including the “good death†of his father, which offers a very different perspective on mortality) and the natural history of the river, he provides an expansive, unflinching meditation on loss, our responsibilities toward our children, and the stories we tell ourselves in the wake of traumatic events. Slowly, inexorably, Gerson writes his way back to Owen, straight to the singularity that cleaved his life into before and after, creating a portrait of grief iridescent in its fullness, and unexpectedly consoling.
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Disaster Falls : A Family Story by Stephane Gerson
Author: Stephane Gerson
Number of Pages: 272 pages
Published Date: 24 Jan 2017
Publisher: Crown Publishing Group (NY)
Publication Country: United States
Language: English
Type: eBook
ISBN: 9781101906699
File Name: Disaster.Falls.A.Family.Story.pdf
Download Link: Disaster Falls A Family Story
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In this piercing memoir, a father maps the contours of his grief and explores how his family navigates the unthinkable loss of eight-year-old Owen. On a day like any other, on a rafting trip down Utah's Green River, Stéphane Gerson’s eight-year-old son, Owen, drowned in a spot known as Disaster Falls. That same night, as darkness fell, Stéphane huddled in a tent with his wife, Alison, and their older son, Julian, trying to understand what seemed inconceivable. "It’s just the three of us now," Alison said over the sounds of a light rain and, nearby, the rushing river. "We cannot do it alone. We have to stick together." Disaster Falls chronicles the aftermath of that day and their shared determination to stay true to Alison’s resolution. Gerson captures the different ways of grieving that threatened to isolate each of them in their post-Owen worlds and then, with beautiful specificity, shows how he and Alison preserved and reconfigured their marriage from within. Blending family history (including the “good death†of his father, which offers a very different perspective on mortality) and the natural history of the river, he provides an expansive, unflinching meditation on loss, our responsibilities toward our children, and the stories we tell ourselves in the wake of traumatic events. Slowly, inexorably, Gerson writes his way back to Owen, straight to the singularity that cleaved his life into before and after, creating a portrait of grief iridescent in its fullness, and unexpectedly consoling.
Read online Disaster Falls : A Family Story Buy and read online Disaster Falls : A Family Story Download and read Disaster Falls : A Family Story for pc, mac, kindle, readers Download to iPad/iPhone/iOS, B&N nook Disaster Falls : A Family Story ebook, pdf, djvu, epub, mobi, fb2, zip, rar, torrent