<![CDATA[Life's That Way: A Memoir]]>

false <![CDATA[Life's That Way: A Memoir]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255641735m/6309782.jpg 6309782 2 A special book about the end of one life and the beginning of another. Life’s That Way is a modern-day Book of Job. In August 2003, Jim Beaver, a character actor whom many know from the popular HBO series Deadwood, and his wife Cecily learned what they thought was the worst news possible— their daughter Maddie was autistic. Then six weeks later the roof fell in—Cecily was diagnosed with stage-four lung cancer. Jim immediately began writing a nightly e-mail as a way to keep more than one hundred family and friends up to date about Cecily’s condition. Soon four thousand people a day, from all around the world, were receiving them. Initially a cathartic exercise for Jim, the prose turned into an unforgettable journey for his readers. Cecily died four months after being diagnosed, but Jim continued the e-mails for a year after her diagnosis, revealing how he and Maddie coped with Cecily’s death and how they managed to move forward. Life’s That Way is a compilation of those nightly e-mails. Jim’s experience is universal for anybody who has lost a loved one. But Life’s That Way is not solely about loss. It is an immediate, day-by-day account of living through a nightmare but also of discovering the joy of a child, of being on the receiving end of unthinkable kindness, and of learning to navigate life anew. As Jim says, these are hard-won blessings. But then again, life’s that way. 6494919 16 4 2009 Life's That Way: A Memoir total:83|5:54|4:21|3:8|2:0|1:0| 83 378 210 42 5 14 false false Sun Apr 05 16:22:30 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 16:23:41 -0700 2009 5 3 false true Fri Apr 17 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 16:44:30 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 23 06:24:36 -0700 2009
Jim has a personal blog - open to public - at MySpace.com.

A deeply moving, inspirational story of courage in the face of unexpected and tragic loss,...more...]]> 5 1 false true Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Apr 17 22:35:49 -0700 2009 Tue May 26 22:12:33 -0700 2009 A Review

I confess to having some trouble figuring out how to write this review. Not because the book isn't remarkable - it is - but because I did not want to cheapen its import with a casual splash of words. This book means something to me. As...more...]]> 5 1 false true Thu Apr 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 21:57:52 -0700 2009 Sat Apr 18 22:02:58 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 16 16:09:27 -0700 2009 Thu Jul 16 17:03:48 -0700 2009 1 Life's That Way is one of those rare and wonderful novels. I could make the grand statement that this book changed my life, and I'm sure it would come off sounding like a load of b...more...]]> 5 1 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 07:12:35 -0700 2009 Sun May 03 07:21:08 -0700 2009 This is a marvellous book about a horrible time. Just writing that makes me cringe because it almost seems insulting, but I've no better way to describe it.

Jim Beaver has shared the most tragic time in his life and his struggle to recover from it - shared his darkest hours through his...

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If you have ever suffered loss, fear loss, struggle with guilt, insecurities, questions, and how to overcome, then this is a book you should read.

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Jim lost his wife to cancer, leaving him with a lovely little girl who is autistic.

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