Ride or Die
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Ride or Die

Loving Through Tragedy, A Husband's Memoir

  1. 189 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Ride or Die

Loving Through Tragedy, A Husband's Memoir

About this book

Modern society has a warped sense of the partner-caregiver role, especially for men. Too often, men are ill equipped to handle switching from provider to caregiver, and the “just suck it up” advice so many offer up falls as flat as the Kansas prairie in the face of the reality of life and death.

Ride or Die takes its audience through the intimate conversations and thoughts of a Gen-X latchkey-generation husband—a man who has always had to fend for himself and believed that it’s up to him to solve his own problems—as and after his wife, Jane, succumbs to a terminal disease.

Jarie Bolander wrote this raw, heartfelt tribute to Jane and her handling of her illness to help men and the people who love them through the experience of loss and grief. A frank chronicle of how an intimate relationship can change and grow—even when the people involved feel there is nothing left to give—Ride or Die offers a detailed exploration of the male experience of grief, in the hopes that others suffering through it will not feel so alone.

Information

Publisher
SparkPress
Year
2023
Topic
Social Sciences
eBook ISBN
9781684632114
Subtopic
Social Science Biographies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright
  4. Dedication
  5. Author’s Note
  6. Preface
  7. Chapter 1: It’s Probably Just the Flu
  8. Chapter 2: A Beautiful Accident
  9. Chapter 3: I Love It When a Plan Comes Together
  10. Chapter 4: The Right Stuff
  11. Chapter 5: We’ll Figure It Out
  12. Chapter 6: Rules of the Road
  13. Chapter 7: It’s Like It Won’t Be Me
  14. Chapter 8: The Only Easy Day Was Yesterday
  15. Chapter 9: Jane on Fire!
  16. Chapter 10: Fear and Loathing
  17. Chapter 11: The Joys and Sorrows of Recovery
  18. Chapter 12: Reality Bites
  19. Chapter 13: Family Field Trip to the Farm
  20. Chapter 14: My Kingdom for a Donor
  21. Chapter 15: Too Much
  22. Chapter 16: Southern Hospitality
  23. Chapter 17: Pharmacology 101
  24. Chapter 18: Engraftment!
  25. Chapter 19: Booty Fit for a Pirate
  26. Chapter 20: Hurry Up and Wait
  27. Chapter 21: BMT Mixed Tape
  28. Chapter 22: Update a Year After Diagnosis
  29. Chapter 23: A Gift from Patty
  30. Chapter 24: A Little Help from My Friends
  31. Chapter 25: The Last Waltz
  32. Chapter 26: If I Know What Love Is, It’s Because of You
  33. Chapter 27: In the Surf
  34. Chapter 28: Celebration of Life
  35. Chapter 29: The Gift
  36. Epilogue
  37. Acknowledgments
  38. About the Author
  39. Selected Titles from SparkPress

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