{"product_id":"sanctuary-7192","title":"Sanctuary","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Not since \u003ci\u003eWhen Breath Becomes Air \u003c\/i\u003ehas a memoir conveyed such profound loss, alongside such luminous and life-affirming love.' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdrienne Brodeur, author of \u003ci\u003eWild Game\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eA searing memoir of a mother's love, the meaning of resilience and the possibilities of life after grief from the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eThe Still Point of the Turning World.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e'Congratulations on the resurrection of your life,' \u003c\/i\u003ea colleague wrote to Emily Rapp Black when she announced the birth of her second child\u003c\/b\u003e. The line made Emily pause. Her first child, Ronan, had died before he turned three years old from Tay-Sachs disease, an experience she wrote about in her first book, \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Still Point of the Turning World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/b\u003e Since that time her life had changed utterly: she had left the marriage that fractured under the terrible weight of her son's illness, remarried the love of her life, had a flourishing career, and given birth to a healthy baby girl.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBut \u003cb\u003eshe rejected the idea that she was leaving her old life behind\u003c\/b\u003e - that she had, in the manner of the mythical phoenix, risen from the ashes and been reborn into a new story, when she carried so much of her old story with her. More to the point, she \u003ci\u003ewanted \u003c\/i\u003eto carry it with her. Everyone she met told her she was resilient, strong, courageous in ways they didn't think they could be. \u003cb\u003eBut what did these words mean, really?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSanctuary \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eis an attempt to unpack the various notions of resilience that we carry as a culture. Drawing on contemporary psychology, neurology, etymology, literature, art and self-help, Emily Rapp Black shows how we need a more complex understanding of this concept when applied to stories of loss and healing.\u003cb\u003e Interwoven with lyrical, unforgettable personal vignettes from her life as a mother, wife, daughter, friend and teacher, Rapp Black creates a stunning tapestry that is full of wisdom and insight.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u0026gt;","brand":"Oxfordbookstore","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44791312384179,"sku":"9781529338683","price":600.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/4164\/4723\/files\/blk_imp_17478138659781529338683.jpg?v=1762855971","url":"https:\/\/oxfordbookstore.com\/products\/sanctuary-7192","provider":"Oxfordbookstore ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}