Buddhish: Exploring Buddhism in a Time of Grief: One Doctor's Story

When you can’t eat, pray, or love.
Melissa married her high school sweetheart, launched her career as an emergency doctor, rescued a Golden Retriever, and best of all, expected a baby in July.
Then she delivered a stillborn baby girl.
What do you do when your heart shatters, and you’ve always relied on science instead of religion? What if your friends have no words for you, and you feel absolutely alone in the darkness?
Join Melissa on a fresh journey inward, where even a teaspoon of Buddhism—becoming “Buddhish”—helps her, and all of us, wade through grief and slowly rekindle joy.

"I am a better person and a better Buddhist (whatever that label means) for having read this book."—Barry W. Morris, Author of _The Practical Buddhist_

"A moving look at stillbirth, miscarriage, [and] grief....An accessible introduction to some aspects of Buddhist thought which informed me, a complete novice. By turns wry, sarcastic, self-aware, and heart-breaking, it invites comparison with C.S. Lewis' _A Grief Observed_….Warmly recommended.”—Gregory L. Smith, M.D.

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Buddhish: Exploring Buddhism in a Time of Grief: One Doctor's Story

When you can’t eat, pray, or love.
Melissa married her high school sweetheart, launched her career as an emergency doctor, rescued a Golden Retriever, and best of all, expected a baby in July.
Then she delivered a stillborn baby girl.
What do you do when your heart shatters, and you’ve always relied on science instead of religion? What if your friends have no words for you, and you feel absolutely alone in the darkness?
Join Melissa on a fresh journey inward, where even a teaspoon of Buddhism—becoming “Buddhish”—helps her, and all of us, wade through grief and slowly rekindle joy.

"I am a better person and a better Buddhist (whatever that label means) for having read this book."—Barry W. Morris, Author of _The Practical Buddhist_

"A moving look at stillbirth, miscarriage, [and] grief....An accessible introduction to some aspects of Buddhist thought which informed me, a complete novice. By turns wry, sarcastic, self-aware, and heart-breaking, it invites comparison with C.S. Lewis' _A Grief Observed_….Warmly recommended.”—Gregory L. Smith, M.D.

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Buddhish: Exploring Buddhism in a Time of Grief: One Doctor's Story

Buddhish: Exploring Buddhism in a Time of Grief: One Doctor's Story

by Melissa Yuan-Innes
Buddhish: Exploring Buddhism in a Time of Grief: One Doctor's Story

Buddhish: Exploring Buddhism in a Time of Grief: One Doctor's Story

by Melissa Yuan-Innes

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Overview

When you can’t eat, pray, or love.
Melissa married her high school sweetheart, launched her career as an emergency doctor, rescued a Golden Retriever, and best of all, expected a baby in July.
Then she delivered a stillborn baby girl.
What do you do when your heart shatters, and you’ve always relied on science instead of religion? What if your friends have no words for you, and you feel absolutely alone in the darkness?
Join Melissa on a fresh journey inward, where even a teaspoon of Buddhism—becoming “Buddhish”—helps her, and all of us, wade through grief and slowly rekindle joy.

"I am a better person and a better Buddhist (whatever that label means) for having read this book."—Barry W. Morris, Author of _The Practical Buddhist_

"A moving look at stillbirth, miscarriage, [and] grief....An accessible introduction to some aspects of Buddhist thought which informed me, a complete novice. By turns wry, sarcastic, self-aware, and heart-breaking, it invites comparison with C.S. Lewis' _A Grief Observed_….Warmly recommended.”—Gregory L. Smith, M.D.


Product Details

BN ID: 2940032972532
Publisher: Olo Books
Publication date: 12/09/2011
Sold by: Smashwords
Format: eBook
File size: 1 MB

About the Author

Melissa Yuan-Innes is an emergency room doctor and writer who lives with her husband, one son, one daughter, two cows, and too many mosquitoes outside of Montreal, Canada. She writes thrillers and science fiction/fantasy under Melissa Yuan-Innes, mysteries under the name Melissa Yi, romance under Melissa Yin, and children's/YA under Melissa Yuan. "Mixing mystery in with sheer humanity and splendid characterization, Yuan-Innes's story is a delight." --Alicia Curtis, A&E Editor, The Stormy Petrel "Melissa Yuan-Innes delivers a Bradburyian shocker" --Paul Di Filippo, Asimov's "Yuan-Innes employs a fresh use of language to spin a storyline that is at once universally familiar and intriguingly original." --Brian Agincourt Massey, judge of the 2008 Innermoonlit Award for Best First Chapter of a Novel, in awarding first prize to _The Popcorn Girl Meets Darwin Jones_

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