Once More We Saw Stars | 
“Just because you landed when you jumped didn‘t mean you knew where you were going.”
“Just because you landed when you jumped didn‘t mean you knew where you were going.”
pickI can‘t imagine losing a child - honestly, how devastating and this book had me in tears more than once, what an amazingly brave thing to do to write about the family‘s experience. This was a really powerful read - hard to say you‘ve enjoyed a book like this, but I found it to be a rewarding read. And also one that makes me go away and squeeze my babies tighter and be so grateful for them every day
Day 12:
Once More We Saw Stars by Jayson Greene. For a book about such an emotional topic, I felt that there was very little actual emotion in the book. I understand it was to show that people handle grieving differently but I just felt so detached from the whole book.
Day 2 of #adventrecommends
Every day for 24 days post a book that you think more people should know about, or post your all-time favorites.
One of my favorite reads of 2019.
@emilyrose_x
pickJust finished this. Thankfully, I was in public and could hold my tears in. I don‘t know how, but I managed. So sad, but such a great read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pickGoing into this memoir, I had my tissue box handy. I had listened to a couple of interviews with the Author and knew exactly what I was getting into. The experience of reading was so much more than I expected.
For my full review, please visit my blog at: http://obsessedbookaholic.com/2019/11/14/once-more-we-saw-stars-book-review/
I already have tissues ready
Stuck between wanting to make money behind the bar, and wanting it to be slow so I can start this book. 🤷🏼♀️🤓
pickThe most vulnerable, heart wrenching, exquisitely written book about the grief of losing a child to an accident. Read by the author, this audiobook details the journey of grief. It made me so very thankful for the busyness of my two children and in awe of Greene‘s bravery in telling his family‘s story in such beautiful, brutal honesty.
”My heart was ripped straight from my chest and placed glistening on the pavement, and yet somehow it beats inside of me still.”
“Most days, these memories streak by in a blur, and my inability to see them clearly feels alarmingly like forgetting.”
“In the end, nothing and no one can hand you the map to your own grief.”
Grief at its peak has a terrible beauty to it, a blinding fission of every emotion💔🎈
pickA heartbreaking, poignant, haunting and brilliantly written memoir by a man who lost his daughter at the age of 2 in a random and senseless accident. It‘s the story of her life, her death and the journey her parents made through grief and their bravery in choosing to become parents again. I read it with tears streaming down my face.
Completed for “something you pick” in #nonfiction2019.
@Riveted_Reader_Melissa
pickSome memoirs transcend the author's experience and become universal; I always thought of those as the good ones. Then I read this memoir of loss & grief & was forced to confront the fullness of individual humanity in a way I haven't experienced before. The loss of a child is simply unfathomable to me, yet Greene's honesty and willingness to sit in the fearfulness of life resonated deeply. Wonderfully written; connects on an almost primitive level.
