Especially For You

by Ken Brack

Overview

Awakened to the death of his son in a car crash, reeling in the desolate place that no parent ever expects to be, Ken Brack sets out to find how people rebuild their lives after catastrophic loss. A journalist and former high school teacher, Brack gathers the wrenching and ultimately uplifting stories of grieving families who grow through extraordinary trials by finding a new purpose.

Especially For You casts fresh light on our responses to horrific ordeals, including healing oneself by lifting others up. Driven by an arresting emotional intimacy in the author's narrative voice, the book speaks passionately to readers trying to make sense of calamity and to our shared capacity to transform pain into something good.

In 2008, Denise and Ken Brack opened a nonprofit bereavement center that has become a leading resource for families in southern New England. Proceeds from this book will support the outreach of Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center in Kingston, Ma. (www.hopefloatswellness.org)

Product Details

BN ID:	2940158943256
Publisher:	Float Tide Publishing
Publication date:	10/13/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	624
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

Ken Brack is a narrative nonfiction author moved by how people grow through catastrophic ordeals. His first book, Closer By The Mile, is the story of the country’s leading single-event athletic fundraiser, the Pan-Mass Challenge bike-a-thon for cancer research. A native of Natick, Ma., he blogs for Psychology Today and other publications, and in 2008 co-founded a nonprofit bereavement center, Hope Floats Healing and Wellness Center, in Kingston, Ma. A longtime journalist in New England, Brack has a M.Ed. from Northeastern University and taught high school English in Boston.

Editorial Reviews

This took my breath away. Read this book if you wonder how people survive unimaginable loss, and how they change the world for the better as a result. Ken shows us those suffering in their full humanity, and reminds us that great change-makers are not perfect. This book grabs you in the heart and doesn't let go, even as parents become activists and policies become laws. Most of all, this is for anyone who has lost someone dear and is struggling to honor their beloved one with vision and purpose.

Lynn Rosenthal

In addition to sharing this intimate tale of his devastating loss, Ken also interviews other families and writes a compelling narrative of everyday people who overcome unimaginable pain and experience posttraumatic growth. This book will lighten your heart and rekindle your faith in human resilience.

Maureen F. Walsh

The author, a bereaved parent, has gathered the stories of other courageous survivors who have grown as a result of their losses. By helping others, they have found new meaning for their own lives and have developed a path toward healing. Inspiring and beautifully written, this book offers support and insight for readers who have experienced significant loss, and are searching for answers to some of life's most challenging questions.

Susan A. Berger