Stay - A Story of Family, Love, and Other Traumas

Stay: A Story of Love & Other Traumas is a richly woven memoir that explores the joyous and painful complexity of relationships, the generational cost of family secrets, and the quest to help loved ones struggling with mental or medical illness without losing ourselves.

About the author

Julie Fingersh is a writer and freelance journalist. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, O, The Oprah Magazine, The Huffington Post, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Miami Herald, Business Week and more. Her blog is a midlife sequel of an award winning humorist column she wrote in New York City in her twenties for Billboard Publications. She also teaches online cooking classes and, having served as a personal and writing coach for college-bound teens for fifteen years, teaches "Cracking the Code on These Years and Beyond," a personal growth class for students in her community. Julie served as the founding executive director of Boston Cares, which became a nationally recognized model for community and corporate partnerships and recently celebrated its 32nd year. In this role, she appeared as a regular guest on NPR and other radio and television outlets, and singlehandedly recruited Secretary of State General Colin Powell to share the stage with her as a keynote speaker for Boston's first-ever day of citywide corporate service. She has two adult children and lives with her husband and two relentlessly hungry and entertaining dogs in Marin County, California. Read more about Julie and her work at https://www.juliefingersh.com.

Product details

• Authors: Julie Fingersh
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.10.2024
• EAN: 9781538195284
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-9528-4
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Guides > Self-help, everyday life > Lifestyle, personal development; SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Self-Esteem, SELF-HELP / Motivational & Inspirational, Memoirs, FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS / Parenting / General, SELF-HELP / Mood Disorders / Depression, Assertiveness, motivation & self-esteem, Advice on parenting, Coping with illness & specific conditions, Parenting: advice and issues, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Memoirs