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This is such a sad tragedy. To lose your 8-year-old while on vacation while rafting & later finding out it could have been prevented if the rafting company cared more about safety than profit is heartbreaking. This family learned how to go forward & live without their son in the physical world when tragedy can pull a family apart. This made me tell my daughter not to go rafting on vacation & makes me think of my cousin's rafting business. #24in48

Finishing this up today as part of the #24in48. I'm home alone with 2 sleeping dogs so I should be able to get lots of reading done!

Starting this one today. From the description I think it's going to be a hard emotional read.

That's right, we're stuck inside reading, because mom has to finish Disaster Falls this year.

A little #bookmail was just what I needed today ! Can't wait to start this, although I'm sure I'll be crying all the tears 😭📚

I read this book in two sittings. It is painfully sad yet at the same time so optimistic. The love and dedication the author expresses for his son who died and the family left behind is extraordinary. Grief can be bold or quiet, destructive or strengthening ~ the author brilliantly and beautifully shares his journey as well as his family members, as they each recover and maneuver from their momentous loss. Exquisite memoir💔

I'm not sure why I'm about to gut myself when I'm in such a happy place mentally but...it's an ARC and it's time I read this one.

Can't believe it's a new month #seasonsreadings2016 #wanttoreadindec The top 3 are my current reads and the bottom row are ARCs that I feel obligated to read. I have little faith in my December stats ; I'm expecting LOTS of visitors this month 💜💝💙 As much as I bitch about hosting....I'm SUPER EXCITED for this batch of guests ( Mom & dad, my daughter😍, and my brother, sister in law and one niece) YAY for the holidays 😊

This memoir centers on one father's grief and sorrow after the death of his 8-year-old son. While heartbreaking to read, there is so much honesty and truth to this book. I feel like this is one book that I wish I could pass on to everyone I know! #NonfictionNovember ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This #bookmail has me intrigued...sounds like an interesting (yet depressing) subject. Anyone else read this?

This is one of my picks from this round of First to Read books!

This is weird for a Pick, because it's a tragedy.
Still, Gerson does an honest job of recounting how he & his family cope with the loss of their youngest child. It's like he's reporting, in his effort to tell us what he knows for sure. Yet what he's reporting on are intimate matters of the soul.
He also draws in Owen's experience during 9/11; and then compares Owen's death to his father's death.
If you can handle it, this is a beautiful book.

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#BookMail 😊although I understand this is a very difficult and painful read. A father writes about moving forward after his 8 yr old son accidentally dies on a family rafting trip😢😢Not sure I have the strength right now😞 #NonfictionNovember

The memoir of a father writing about the time following the accidental death of his eight year old son, this fourth pick for nonfiction November could break me.

November is off to a rollicking start!
Done with one; review to follow.
Next up... A short story collection & an ARC.
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#bookish mail continues!
An ARC and #BOTM - plus mints!
Whoo hoo!!!

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