Disaster Falls : a family story
(Book)
Author
Published
New York : Crown, [2017].
Edition
First edition.
ISBN
9781101906699, 1101906693
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Acton - Adult | 155.937 G382 | Billed |
Ashland - Adult | 155.937 GER | On Shelf |
Lexington - Adult | BIOGRAPHY GERSON | On Shelf |
Newton - Adult | 306.85 G32D 2017 | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
New York : Crown, [2017].
Format
Book
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781101906699, 1101906693
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references.
Description
"A piercing and luminescent catalogue of a father's grief, parsing the shapes and distances of profound loss into a way forward for a family in crisis"--,Provided by publisher.
Description
"A haunting chronicle of what endures when the world we know is swept away. On a day like any other, on a rafting trip down Utah's Green River, Stephane Gerson's eight-year-old son, Owen, drowned in a spot known as Disaster Falls. That same night, as darkness fell, Stephane huddled in a tent with his wife, Alison, and their older son, Julian, trying to understand what seemed inconceivable. 'It's just the three of us now,' Alison said over the sounds of a light rain and, nearby, the rushing river. 'We cannot do it alone. We have to stick together.' Disaster Falls chronicles the aftermath of that day and their shared determination to stay true to Alison's resolution. At the heart of the book is Stephane's portrait of a marriage critically tested. Husband and wife grieve in radically different ways that threaten to isolate each of them in their post-Owen worlds. ('He feels so far,' Stephane says, when Alison shows him a selfie Owen had taken. 'He feels so close,' she says). With beautiful specificity, Stephane shows how they resist that isolation and reconfigure their marriage from within. As Stephane navigates his grief, the memoir expands to explore how society reacts to the death of a child. He depicts the 'good death' of his father, which enlarges Stephane's perspective on mortality. He excavates the history of the Green River--rife with hazards not mentioned in the rafting company's brochures. He explores how stories can both memorialize and obscure a person's life--and how they can rescue us. Disaster Falls is a powerful account of a life cleaved in two--raw, truthful, and unexpectedly consoling"--,Provided by publisher.
Subjects
LC Subjects
Autobiographies.
Children -- United States -- Death.
Drowning -- Utah -- Green River.
Family crises -- United States.
Fathers and sons -- United States -- Biography.
Gerson, Stéphane -- Family.
Gerson, Stéphane -- Marriage.
Gerson, Stéphane.
Loss (Psychology)
Married people -- United States -- Biography.
Parental grief -- United States.
Children -- United States -- Death.
Drowning -- Utah -- Green River.
Family crises -- United States.
Fathers and sons -- United States -- Biography.
Gerson, Stéphane -- Family.
Gerson, Stéphane -- Marriage.
Gerson, Stéphane.
Loss (Psychology)
Married people -- United States -- Biography.
Parental grief -- United States.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Gerson, S. (2017). Disaster Falls: a family story (First edition.). Crown.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gerson, Stéphane. 2017. Disaster Falls: A Family Story. Crown.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Gerson, Stéphane. Disaster Falls: A Family Story Crown, 2017.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Gerson, Stéphane. Disaster Falls: A Family Story First edition., Crown, 2017.
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