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This Fragile Life
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Author : Charlotte Pierce-Baker
language : en
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Release Date : 2012-06-01
This Fragile Life written by Charlotte Pierce-Baker and has been published by Chicago Review Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-06-01 with Psychology categories.
Charlotte Pierce-Baker did everything right when raising her son, providing not only emotional support but the best education possible. At age twenty-five, he was pursuing a postgraduate degree and seemingly in control of his life. She never imagined her high-achieving son would wind up handcuffed, dirty, and in jail. The moving story of an African American family facing the challenge of bipolar disorder, This Fragile Life provides insight into mental disorders as well as family dynamics. Pierce-Baker traces the evolution of her son's illness and, in looking back, realizes she mistook warning signs for typical child and teen behavior. Hospitalizations, calls in the night, alcohol and drug relapses, pleas for money, and continuous disputes, her son's journey was long, arduous, and almost fatal. This Fragile Life weaves a fascinating story of mental illness, race, family, the drive of African Americans to succeed, and a mother's love for her son.
The Other Mother
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Author : Kate Hewitt
language : en
Publisher: HarperCollins UK
Release Date : 2013-08-20
The Other Mother written by Kate Hewitt and has been published by HarperCollins UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-08-20 with Fiction categories.
You love your best friend. You trust her with your life.
A Fragile Life
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Author : Todd May
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2017-03-01
A Fragile Life written by Todd May and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-01 with Philosophy categories.
“His discussion of the ways in which those who try to make themselves invulnerable . . . undermine what makes us most human, is clear and bracing.” —Los Angeles Review of Books In a moving examination of life and the trials that beset it, Todd May shows that our fragility, our ability to suffer, is actually one of the most important aspects of our humanity. May starts with a simple but hard truth: suffering is inevitable. At the most basic level, we suffer physically—a sprained ankle or a bad back. But we also suffer insults and indifference. We suffer from overburdened schedules and unforeseen circumstances, from moral dilemmas and emotional heartaches. Even just thinking about our own mortality—the fact that we only live one life—can lead us to tremendous suffering. No wonder philosophies such as Buddhism, Taoism, Stoicism, and even Epicureanism—all of which counsel us to rise above these plights—have had appeal over the centuries. May highlights the tremendous value of these philosophies and the ways they can guide us toward better lives, but he also exposes a major drawback to their tenets: such invulnerability is too emotionally disengaged from the world, leading us to place too great a distance between ourselves and our experience. Rather than seeking absolute immunity, he argues most of us just want to hurt less and learn how to embrace and accept what suffering we do endure in a meaningful way. Offering a guide on how to positively engage suffering, May ultimately lays out a new way of thinking about how we exist in the world.
Open Heart
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Author : Stephen Westaby
language : en
Publisher: Hachette UK
Release Date : 2017-06-20
Open Heart written by Stephen Westaby and has been published by Hachette UK this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-06-20 with Medical categories.
In gripping prose, one of the world's leading cardiac surgeons lays bare both the wonder and the horror of a life spent a heartbeat away from death When Stephen Westaby witnessed a patient die on the table during open-heart surgery for the first time, he was struck by the quiet, determined way the surgeons walked away. As he soon understood, this detachment is a crucial survival strategy in a profession where death is only a heartbeat away. In Open Heart, Westaby reflects on over 11,000 surgeries, showing us why the procedures have never become routine and will never be. With astonishing compassion, he recounts harrowing and sometimes hopeful stories from his operating room: we meet a pulseless man who lives with an electric heart pump, an expecting mother who refuses surgery unless the doctors let her pregnancy reach full term, and a baby who gets a heart transplant-only to die once it's in place. For readers of Atul Gawande's Being Mortal and of Henry Marsh's Do No Harm, Open Heart offers a soul-baring account of a life spent in constant confrontation with death.
Fragile Lives
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Author : Arlette Farge
language : en
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Release Date : 1993
Fragile Lives written by Arlette Farge and has been published by Harvard University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with History categories.
The rich and complex texture of working-class neighborhoods in eighteenth-century Paris comes vibrantly alive in this collage of the experiences of ordinary people--men and women, rich and poor, masters and servants, neighbors and colleagues. Exploring three arenas of conflict and solidarity--the home, the workplace, and the street--Arlette Farge offers the reader an intimate social history, bringing long-dead citizens and vanished social groups back to life with sensitivity and perception.
Life Is Fragile Handle It With Prayer
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Author : Patricia M. Berg
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017-04-29
Life Is Fragile Handle It With Prayer written by Patricia M. Berg and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-29 with Religion categories.
Life is a journey filled with many up and downs. By the time I was in my early thirties, I had lost my sister, my father, my three-year-old godson/nephew, my brother-in-law, and my mother--five immediate family members in four years. In the midst of all this, I had dealt with alcoholism and then divorce, having to start over again with two small children, no child support, and making only minimum wage at the time. This was just the beginning of many trials and tribulations. How did I handle it, you ask? Prayer, of course; when life gets fragile, handle it with prayer. This is not just something I say; it is something I live by. I have found that God gives you direction if you just trust him. It may be something as simple as a feeling or as concrete as an eight-foot statue of Jesus on a cloud. It was through these tragedies that I not only survived but actually was strengthened in my faith and spirit. It seems these things that strengthened me actually prepared me for what lay ahead and allowed God to bless and use me to help others. God gives us what we need when we need it; we only have to ask.
This Fragile Life
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Author : David Webb
language : en
Publisher: Eprint
Release Date : 2009-10-01
This Fragile Life written by David Webb and has been published by Eprint this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-01 with Manchester (England) categories.
Matthew Hudson is constantly reminded just how fragile life can be. Depressed by his routine existence in Manchester, Matt is haunted by the one failed relationship he has behind him. However, when he meets Laura, an attractive young primary school teacher, life seems to be looking up - until one phone call changes everything.
A Fragile Stone
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Author : Michael Card
language : en
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
Release Date : 2009-08-20
A Fragile Stone written by Michael Card and has been published by InterVarsity Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-20 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A Fragile Stone explores the dynamic life of the apostle Peter, revisiting well-known passages and revealing unexpected insights. Author Michael Card sketches out Peter’s life, showing how the impetuous fisherman of the Gospels was transformed into the pivotal leader of the early church.
Tina Modotti
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Author : Mildred Constantine
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1983
Tina Modotti written by Mildred Constantine and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1983 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A passionate nature, a sensitive perception, and a fiery commitment to social causes - these are the elements of Tina Modotti's life and her photographs, presented in this comprehensive illustrated biography. Now widely recognised as one of the early 20th-century's most extraordinary photographers, Tina Modotti was remembered until recently more as the lover and muse of Edward Weston than for her own work.
The Nature Of Fragile Things
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Author : Susan Meissner
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2021-02-02
The Nature Of Fragile Things written by Susan Meissner and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-02-02 with Fiction categories.
April 18, 1906: A massive earthquake rocks San Francisco just before daybreak, igniting a devouring inferno. Lives are lost, lives are shattered, but some rise from the ashes forever changed. Sophie Whalen is a young Irish immigrant so desperate to get out of a New York tenement that she answers a mail-order bride ad and agrees to marry a man she knows nothing about. San Francisco widower Martin Hocking proves to be as aloof as he is mesmerizingly handsome. Sophie quickly develops deep affection for Kat, Martin's silent five-year-old daughter, but Martin's odd behavior leaves her with the uneasy feeling that something about her newfound situation isn't right. Then one early-spring evening, a stranger at the door sets in motion a transforming chain of events. Sophie discovers hidden ties to two other women. The first, pretty and pregnant, is standing on her doorstep. The second is hundreds of miles away in the American Southwest, grieving the loss of everything she once loved. The fates of these three women intertwine on the eve of the devastating earthquake, thrusting them onto a perilous journey that will test their resiliency and resolve and, ultimately, their belief that love can overcome fear. From the acclaimed author of The Last Year of the War and As Bright as Heaven comes a gripping novel about the bonds of friendship and mother love, and the power of female solidarity.