One hundred daffodils : finding beauty, grace, and meaning when things fall apart

One hundred daffodils Finding beauty, grace, and meaning when things fall apart

Rebecca Winn

Book - 2020

"A reflection on human resilience and nature's ability to teach, inspire, and heal after an unexpected life upheaval. One Hundred Daffodils is told through the lens of the author's personal experiences with grief and heartbreak on her journey toward self-discovery and empowerment"--

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Subjects
Winn, Rebecca.
Divorced women.
Divorce > Psychological aspects.
Life change events.
Self-realization in women.
Published
New York : Grand Central Publishing 2020.
Language
English
Main Author
Rebecca Winn (author)
Edition
First edition
Physical Description
ix, 307 pages ; 22 cm
ISBN
9781538732700
  • Prologue
  • The Spiderweb
  • Form and Formlessness
  • Decomposition
  • Living in Sleeping Beauty's Castle: Part One
  • Desperately Seeking Self
  • Living in Sleeping Beauty's Castle: Part Two
  • Déjà Vu All Over Again
  • Women Grieve; Men Replace
  • Fallow
  • I Am Autumn
  • The Itsy Bitsy Spider
  • First Touch
  • Bright White Nights
  • Opposites Attract
  • The Lifeline
  • Moments of Joy
  • Letting Go
  • Total Annihilation
  • The Still Small Voice
  • Geraldine
  • Germination
  • Invincible Summer
  • Dark Luna
  • It Came to Pass
  • Fall Blooming Flowers
  • Just Passing Through
  • Revelation Revelry
  • The Littlest Phoenix
  • The Great Escape
  • Emergence
  • Víbora
  • The Rescue
  • Patita
  • Seasons of Love
  • Coyote Ugly
  • March of the Sunflowers
  • One Hundred Daffodils
  • The Plane Truth
  • Deep Trust
  • To Sit in Solemn Silence
  • Florescence
  • No Need for Validation
  • The Giving Tree
  • Break Up, Break Down, Break Through
  • Cottonwood Chorus
  • A New Day
  • Raucous Raccoons
  • A Prairie Dog Companion
  • Chop Wood, Carry Water
  • Blank Canvas
  • Epilogue
  • Into the Great Unknown
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author
Review by Publisher's Weekly Review

In her intimate and wise memoir, Winn (Whimsical Gardens) examines the painful breakup of her 25-year marriage. During her divorce, Winn realized that her most deeply held longing was to create her own identity and "to be known... and understood." The author, who owns a landscape design company, chronicles her post-divorce life using garden nomenclature such as fallow, germination, emergence, and florescence. Throughout the thematic essays, Winn takes on the voice of a friendly advisor, as she explains the importance for her of being present with one's pain, embracing others' positive views of oneself, dealing with her need for external validation, and appreciating the beauty of the moment . She writes of purging toxic frenemies and learning to eventually appreciate her her ex-husband ("I was grateful that my marriage to Dan was able to end peacefully and develop into a friendship"). Readers enduring a rough patch in life will benefit from Winn's empathy and hard-won wisdom. (Mar.)

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