The Lessons of Love: Rediscovering Our Passion for Life When It All Seems Too Hard to Take - Softcover

Beattie, Melody

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0062510789 ISBN 13: 9780062510785

Publisher: HarperOne, 1995

Synopsis

The timeless, magical story of one woman's return to life and love when she thought she had lost it all.

About this title

About the Author:

Melody Beattie is the New York Times bestselling author of Codependent No More, Beyond Codependency, and The Lessons of Love.

From Booklist:

This is a book about what trendy therapist types like to call "grief work." It's the story of how Beattie, the most popular writer on the controversial new-psychotherapy phenomenon, codependency, got through the experience of her 12-year-old son's fatal skiing accident and its aftermath. Like so many others who've endured the loss of a loved one, she drifted and obsessed, became a trial for her friends to be with and a prey for hucksters taking advantage of her distraction. She got through it all by reconnecting with her capacity to love--much needed because her daughter, drinking and drugging, was in the throes of midteen meltdown. That she's led a generally more melodramatic life than many certainly helps her account sustain reader interest. Those going through similar crises will find companionship and perhaps even solace in her report. Ray Olson

About this edition

• Publisher: HarperOne
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0062510789
• ISBN 13: 9780062510785
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 240