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Once More We Saw Stars
- A Memoir of Life and Love After Unimaginable Loss
- Narrated by: Jayson Greene
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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Summary
A moving, transcendent memoir of the loss of a child and the survival of love in the wake of unimaginable tragedy. For listeners who loved Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air.
Two-year-old Greta Greene is sitting chatting with her grandmother on a park bench in New York when a brick crumbles from a windowsill overhead and strikes her unconscious. As she is rushed to hospital in the hours before her death, Once More We Stars leads us into the unimaginable.
Her father Jayson and mother Stacy begin a painful journey that is as much about hope and healing as it is grief and loss. Even in the midst of his ordeal, Jayson recognises that there will be a life for him beyond it - if he can only continue moving forward, from one moment to the next, he will survive what seems unsurvivable. With raw honesty, deep emotion, and exquisite tenderness, he captures the fragility of life and the absoluteness of death, and most important of all, the unconquerable power of love.
This is an unforgettable memoir of courage and transformation - and an audiobook that will change the way you look at the world.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-01-21
Captivating
I could not put this down , the way Jayson described his grief, the way he captured the insights of his soul through this journey blew me away . It was somewhat rising from the depths of hell to find solitude and contentment once more .Bravo Jayson Greene
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- Avril Lamb
- 01-06-19
The power of love and grief in perfect balance
Greene’s narrative which takes us through the agony of parent grief is so delicately but compellingly written that one feels one has travelled a little of the road these parents have. Through his narrative, the reader's emotions are etched by the agony of the journey. But more importantly, we also experience the miracle of human recovery in the aftermath of such an event. Luminous. A MUST READ. Dont shy away because it is painful. It is a beautiful love story, and hugely uplifting.
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- patti keane
- 23-01-21
Just marvellous
What an amazingly talented writer. How he narrates this book is a gift.
Good luck to you and your family Jason.xxx
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- Baby Lemonade
- 13-06-19
Phenomenal.
This is an incredible piece of writing. Truly inspiring that this much hope and beauty can be born from such a tragedy. I could not stop listening. Squeezed my babies extra tight today.
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- catherine
- 21-12-20
very helpful
An excellent description of the roller coaster of losing a child and adjusting to the new life after .
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- Treesy
- 10-09-20
Had a good cry...
Just finished this book and am having a good cry.
My brother died when he was 2. I was 4 at the time. We talk about him, he's always there but they find it so hard to talk about their feelings at the time and after. After reading this book i feel i understand their grief a bit better. Going to recommend they give it a read too x
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- Rachel Blundell
- 11-11-19
I really wanted to be moved by this...
... But after the first few chapters in become clear that it wasn't for me.
It's a nice way for the author to deal with the grief and loss, but ultimately I didn't feel like I was welcomed to join in this process.
It's moving but rather much a personal account.
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- Em19
- 26-07-21
Not what I had hoped
I had seen this book recommended in a magazine as a 'must read' and as a therapist I thought it might give me some more insight into loss and grief, espically that of loosing a child. Whilst I felt the author was brave to write about his tragic journey for some reason it didn't feel very authentic. Another reviewer had said that it felt 'pretentious' and I agree. It was really difficult to engage with this father's emotions because the book was written in a way that simply felt too disconnected from them, almost as if the author was writing about someone else. Much of the book was factual and described the couples journey to connect to the spiritual being of their lost child. Again I felt this detracted from what could have been a much more insightful journey into the couples emotional journey and helpful to others trying to navigate such devastating loss.
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