
Once More We Saw Stars
A Memoir
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Jayson Greene
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Jayson Greene
“A gripping and beautiful book about the power of love in the face of unimaginable loss.” (Cheryl Strayed)
For fans of The Bright Hour and When Breath Becomes Air, a moving, transcendent memoir of loss and a stunning exploration of marriage in the wake of unimaginable grief.
As the story opens: Two-year-old Greta Greene is sitting with her grandmother on a park bench on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. A brick crumbles from a windowsill overhead, striking her unconscious, and she is immediately rushed to the hospital. But although it begins with this event and with the anguish Jayson and his wife, Stacy, confront in the wake of their daughter's trauma and the hours leading up to her death, Once More We Saw Stars quickly becomes a narrative that is as much about hope and healing as it is about grief and loss. Jayson recognizes, even in the midst of his ordeal, that there will be a life for him beyond it - that if only he can continue moving forward, from one moment to the next, he will survive what seems unsurvivable.
With raw honesty, deep emotion, and exquisite tenderness, he captures both the fragility of life and absoluteness of death, and most important of all, the unconquerable power of love. This is an unforgettable memoir of courage and transformation - and an audiobook that will change the way you look at the world.
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Critic reviews
“Beautiful…heartbreaking…an answer to the question: How does one survive such a devastating tragedy…a story not just of loss, but of remarkable love…life-affirming…luminous.” (Washington Post)
"His writing...is a revelation of lightness and agility.... A miracle.... A narrative of grief and acceptance that is compulsively readable and never self-indulgent." (The New York Times)
“In Once More We Saw Stars, Jayson Greene crystallizes the bravery required for parenting, the insanity within grief, the struggle and haven of marriage, the durability of love in all its forms. This is a book about how we make sense of suffering and what it means to be a family. It’s funny, lucid, and deeply generous - proof that a masterful writer can make from his own specifics a universal story with lessons for us all.” (Lucy Kalanithi)
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The journey from heartache to a place of healing is incredible, raw, and written from a place I can only imagine.
Incredible
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Excellent
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An excellent and moving exploration into grief
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Just finished listening to Jason’s story and I feel very much gratitude. He and Stacey’s choice to share this experience with the world was incredibly generous and I cannot imagine how difficult. There were unexpected lines that sent me into sobbing spells (he had just bought the Frog and Toad books, but Greta had not quite been ready for them.) What a brave, honest, raw, and philosophical book from a father who continues to live after losing the love of his life, his baby girl Greta.
A book of excruciatingly painfully Beauty
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My heart & soul bled, gorgeously written
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through Jayson words I was able to confront things in my own grief and have absolutely added Golden Willow to a list of places I want to go. This road, of bereaved parents, is so difficult. Always such a balancing act. This book was beautiful. Thank you for giving me hope. I will remember you Greta along with my Liam, forever 💛
Phenomenal
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Beautiful memoir.
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Gorgeous and Healing
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Heartbreaking but beautiful
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Terribly, beautifully, heartbreakingly emotional
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