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After receiving a diagnosis of HIV and, several years later, the equally upending news that after all, he would probably not die of it, Mark Matousek discovered something about riding a spiritual crisis. In this new guidebook to keeping the psyche intact while being spun ...more...]]> 43339168 848993 2254325 159691369X 9781596913691 11 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2254325.The_When_You_re_Falling_Dive_Lessons_in_the_Art_of_Living 3.96 26 Do survivors of life’s greatest trials possess a secret knowledge? Is there an art to survival—a map for crossing the wilderness—or daily life? Why do some people blossom through adversity while others stop growing? 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