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Bloomsbury presents A Life in Light by Mary Pipher read by Jessica Garcie
A USA Today Must Read New Book
From the bestselling author of Women Rowing North and Reviving Opheliaa memoir in essays reflecting on radiance resilience and the constantly changing nature of reality
In her luminous new memoir in essays Mary Pipheras she did in her New York Times bestseller Women Rowing Northtaps into a cultural moment to offer wisdom hope and insight into loss and change Drawing from her own experiences and expertise as a psychologist specializing in women trauma and the effect of our culture on our mental health she looks inward in A Life in Light to what shaped her as a woman one who has experienced darkness throughout her life but was always drawn to the light
Her plainspoken depictions of her hard childhood and lifes difficulties are dappled with moments of joy and revelation tragedies and ordinary miseries glimmers and shadow As a child she was separated from her parents for long periods Those separations affected her deeply but in A Life in Light she explores what shes learned about how to balance despair with joy utilizing and sharing with readers every coping skill she has honed during her lifetime to remind us that there is a silver thread of resilience that flows through all of life and that despite our despair the light will return
In this book she points us toward that light
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