Expecting Sunshine: A Journey of Grief, Healing, and Pregnancy After Loss, 1st Edition
of Alexis Marie Chute (Goodreads Author)
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Expecting Sunshine is a multi-award-winning memoir and a Kirkus Review BEST INDIE BOOK of 2017Anyone who has experiencedâor knows someone who has experiencedâmiscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth, or other forms of pregnancy and baby loss should read Expecting Sunshine, including those considering or already pregnant again.After her son, Zachary, dies in her arms at birth, visual artist and author Alexis Marie Chute disappears into her âYear of Distraction.â She cannot paint or write or tap into the heart of who she used to be, mourning not only for Zachary, but also for the future they might have had together. It is only when Chute learns she is pregnant again that she sets out to find healing and rediscover her identityâjust in time, she hopes, to welcome her next child.In the forty weeks of her pregnancy, Chute grapples with her strained marriage, shaken faith, and medical diagnosis, with profound results.Glowing with riveting and gorgeous prose, Expecting Sunshine chronicles the anticipation and anxiety of expecting a baby while still grieving for the child that came beforeâenveloping readers with insightful observations on grief and healing, life and death, and the incredible power of a motherâs love.Second Edition includes: Bonus chapter written from the authorâs husbandâs perspective. Plus, resource section, group discussion questions, and Q&A with author Alexis Marie Chute
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- Format Paperback
- Pages 224 pages
- Publisher She Writes Press
- Publication Date April 18th 2017
- First Publication Not informed
- Language English
- ISBN 9781631521744
- Edition First Edition
- Category Non-Fiction
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