{"product_id":"how-to-lose-everything-christa-couture-9781771622905","title":"How to Lose Everything: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisability, death and divorce are part of a string of losses that leave this award-winning musician fundamentally changed as she learns to navigate her grief and find a way forward.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChrista Couture lost a piece of herself--in more ways than one. She lost a leg to amputation from childhood bone cancer. She lost a son to complications at birth. She lost another son to a heart defect. She lost a husband to divorce. Each of these losses has left her altered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn her debut memoir, Couture relives these tragedies alongside the joys that fill the spaces in between. With a quiet wisdom, she explores the dichotomies of grief--how a dismantling necessitates growth, how trauma will at once harden and soften a person. Evoking Joan Didion's \u003cem\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e and Rachel Cusk's \u003cem\u003eA Life's Work\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHow to Lose Everything\u003c\/em\u003e reflects on the emotional and psychological experiences of motherhood, partnership and change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCouture's story is an offering of kinship to anyone touched by loss, be that the loss of a physical ability, the loss of a loved one, the loss of a relationship or the loss of one's sense of self. With gentleness and generosity, \u003cem\u003eHow to Lose Everything\u003c\/em\u003e bears witness to the shift in perspective that comes with grief, and how it can deepen compassion for others, expand understanding, inspire a letting go of little things and plant a deeper feeling for what matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Christa Couture\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1771622903\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781771622905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Douglas \u0026amp; McIntyre\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/21\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.43h x 5.43w x 0.79d","brand":"Christa Couture","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43995369832703,"sku":"9781771622905","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_43243e1d-0b11-4c05-961a-8ab42c306076.jpg?v=1683335435","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/how-to-lose-everything-christa-couture-9781771622905","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}