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1 online resource (1 audio file (8hr., 15 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
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Read by Will Damron. |
| Summary |
On a day like any other, on a rafting trip down Utah's Green River, Stephane Gerson's eight-year-old son, Owen, drowned in a spot known as Disaster Falls. That same night, as darkness fell, Stephane huddled in a tent with his wife, Alison, and their older son, Julian, trying to understand what seemed inconceivable. "It's just the three of us now," Alison said over the sounds of a light rain and, nearby, the rushing river. "We cannot do it alone. We have to stick together." Disaster Falls chronicles the aftermath of that day and their shared determination to stay true to Alison's resolution. Gerson captures the different ways of grieving that threatened to isolate each of them in their post-Owen worlds and then, with beautiful specificity, shows how he and Alison preserved and reconfigured their marriage from within. Blending family history (including the "good death" of his father, which offers a very different perspective on mortality) and the natural history of the river, he provides an expansive, unflinching meditation on loss, our responsibilities toward our children, and the stories we tell ourselves in the wake of traumatic events. |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Gerson, Stéphane.
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Gerson, Stéphane -- Family.
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Gerson, Stéphane -- Marriage.
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Drowning -- Utah -- Green River.
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Children -- United States -- Death.
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Fathers and sons -- United States -- Biography.
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Married people -- United States -- Biography.
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Family crises -- United States.
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Parental grief -- United States.
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Loss (Psychology)
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| Added Author |
Damron, Will, narrator.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781515990277 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1515990273 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11809250 |
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