{"product_id":"warrior-mother-a-memoir-of-fierce-love-unbearable-loss-and-rituals-that-heal-9781938314469","title":"Warrior Mother: A Memoir of Fierce Love, Unbearable Loss, and Rituals that Heal","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWarrior Mother: Fierce Love, Unbearable, Loss, and Rituals\u003c\/i\u003e that Heal is the true story of a mother's fierce love and determination, and her willingness to go outside the bounds of the ordinary when two of her three adult children are diagnosed with life-threatening disease.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“We have to make art out of what happens to us,’ writes Sheila K. Collins. \u003ci\u003eWarrior Mother\u003c\/i\u003e is a testament to how art making, done in a sacred context, can transform tremendous loss. Collins reminds us of the endurance and healing power of love—especially a mother’s love.”\u003cbr\u003e  —Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew, author of \u003ci\u003eWriting the Sacred Journey:The Art and Practice of Spiritual Memoir\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  “Just as love survives death, so too does spirit supplant mere survival. Collins has faced a parent’s worst fears and learned to still dance in their wake. Warrior Mother is a mother’s manual of profound honesty, hope, and healing.”\u003cbr\u003e  —Marc Nieson, author of \u003ci\u003eSchoolhouse: A Memoir in 13 Lessons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  “With courage and grace, Warrior Mother generously invites the reader on a heartbreaking journey, with equal doses of candor and sensitivity. Admirably free of self-pity, physically and emotionally precise, this story is bound to enlighten others who have grieved and healed from the loss of a child.”\u003cbr\u003e  —Sarah Saffian, author of \u003ci\u003eIthaka: A Daughter’s Memoir of Being Found\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Part One\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Coming Out . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Getting to Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Support for a Mother's Yes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Initiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Medicine Women . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Life upon the Wicked Stage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  To Health . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Spring Shadows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The Dying Room . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Celebrations of Ken . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Part Two\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Reacting to the News . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Dreams and the Kindness of Strangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Preparations for a Healing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  To Brazil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Beyond the Ends of the Earth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Extremely High-Tech Medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Bone Marrow Summer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  One Hundred Days Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Dancing on the Edge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Saying Good-Bye . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Midwifery Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  Ashes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e  The Grandmother Ceremony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"She Writes Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53192123023703,"sku":"9781938314469","price":12.34,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/warrior-mother-a-memoir-of-fierce-love-unbearable-loss-and-rituals-that-heal-9781938314469","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}