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*“A treasure of a novel…read it and be healed.” —Justin Cronin * “Beautifully written and emotion-packed.” —Harlan Coben *
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook—made into the Academy Award–winning movie starring Jennifer Lawrence and Bradley Cooper—a poignant and hopeful novel about a widower…
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After a tragedy that killed his wife and several other members of a small community in America, Lucas makes an unlikely bond with a young man who everyone else has ostracised. This relationship will both be the way forward in his healing AND push him over the edge into a complete breakdown. The novel unfolds in letters from Lucas to his Jungian annalist, who is either unwilling or unable to continue their work together.
I found the book a delight from the beginning, and as a therapist myself, I enjoyed the central role of the wounded healer. Sometimes, however, the…
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