{"product_id":"braving-the-fire-paperback","title":"Braving the Fire - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJessica Handler\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eBraving the Fire\u003c\/i\u003e is the first book to provide a road map for the journey of writing honestly about grief and loss. Created specifically by and for the writer who has experienced illness, loss, or the death of a loved one, \u003ci\u003eBraving the Fire \u003c\/i\u003etakes the writers' perspective in exploring the challenges and rewards for the writer who has chosen, with courage and candor, to be the memory keeper. It will be useful to the memoirist just starting out, as well as those already in the throes of coming to terms with complicated emotions and the challenges of shaping a compelling, coherent true story. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLoosely organized around the familiar Kübler-Ross model of Five Stages of Grief, \u003ci\u003eBraving the Fire\u003c\/i\u003e uses these stages to help the reader and writer though the emotional and writing tasks before them, incorporating interviews and excerpts from other treasured writers who've done the same. Insightful contributions from Nick Flynn, Darin Strauss, Kathryn Rhett, Natasha Trethewey, and Neil White, among others, are skillfully blended with Handler's own approaches to facing grief a second time to be able to write about it. Each section also includes advice and wisdom from leading doctors and therapists about the physical experience of grieving. Each chapter ends with a selection of writing exercises that focus on the chapter content. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHandler is a compassionate guide who has braved the fire herself, and delivers practical and inspirational direction throughout.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJESSICA HANDLER has written on the topic of writing through grief for \u003ci\u003eThe Writer\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e online, and has been a featured speaker in grief and writing workshops. Her first book, \u003ci\u003eInvisible Sisters: A Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e has been named by the Georgia Center for the Book as one of the Twenty Five Books All Georgians Should Read, and is one of the \u003ci\u003eAtlanta Journal-Constitution's\u003c\/i\u003e Eight Great Southern Books in 2009. She lives in Atlanta, Georgia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.68 x 8.31 x 5.49 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 10, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47225565151481,"sku":"9781250014634","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/QTlrY2s0Wi8vdk91NGpkQ1Vjd2FnQT09.webp?v=1768246815","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/braving-the-fire-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}