Where The Water Meets The Sand
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Where The Water Meets The Sand

  1. 272 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Where The Water Meets The Sand

About this book

IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award GOLD Winner in Autobiography & Memoir A remarkable story of love, loss, and hope Author Tyra Manning learned that her husband had been killed in the Vietnam War from her psychiatrist at the Menninger Clinic, where she had been hospitalized for clinical depression. After years of battling addiction and depression, and coping with the tragic loss of her father at a very early age, Tyra's worst fear had come true. Larry had been shot down over the Laotian jungle while flying a top-secret mission, just two weeks before their daughter's second birthday. In this beautifully written, poignant memoir, Tyra Manning recounts how she was able to persevere in the face of devastating loss. With courage, love, and determination, she overcame her grief and fulfilled promises she made to Larry before he left for Vietnam. She ultimately earned a doctorate of education from the University of Kansas and became one of the nation's top school superintendents. When Tyra received a call from the air force in 2006, she was able to keep one last promise to Larry. His remains had finally been excavated after thirty-five years, and she was able to honor his wish to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery. Where the Water Meets the Sand explores themes of loss, depression, addiction, courage, and love and offers hope to individuals and families who have also dealt with the loss of someone close to them.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Introduction
  8. One: July 1970
  9. Two: Falling Apart
  10. Three: Deployed to Menninger
  11. Four: Meeting Larry
  12. Five: Nitroglycerin
  13. Six: A New Class Schedule
  14. Seven: Group Walk to the Pond
  15. Eight: Going to the Dining Room
  16. Nine: The Rose Garden
  17. Ten: Lions and Tigers
  18. Eleven: Keep Dealin’
  19. Twelve: Silent Night
  20. Thirteen: Cutting
  21. Fourteen: Girls Like You
  22. Fifteen: Engagement and Wedding
  23. Sixteen: We Regret to Inform You
  24. Seventeen: Be with Us
  25. Eighteen: Memorial Service
  26. Nineteen: Bringing Home the Bacon
  27. Twenty: Discharged from Menninger
  28. Twenty-One: Mother and Daughter Reunion
  29. Twenty-Two: You Have to Go Back
  30. Twenty-Three: One More Burden
  31. Twenty-Four: Volunteering at the VA
  32. Twenty-Five: Welcome Home Parade, Chicago
  33. Twenty-Six: River Forest Voicemail
  34. Twenty-Seven: The Vietnam Memorial, Washington, DC
  35. Twenty-Eight: A DNA Match
  36. Twenty-Nine: Bringing Larry Home
  37. Thirty: After the Funeral Home
  38. Thirty-One: A Promise Kept
  39. Thirty-Two: Full Military Honors
  40. Epilogue
  41. Author Q&A
  42. Questions for Discussion
  43. About the Author