A space in the heart A survival guide for grieving parents

Larry Carlat

Book - 2025

"A Space in the Heart: A Survival Guide for Grieving Parents expresses the anguish of the death of a child and offers hope for how to survive and thrive in its aftermath. Part memoir, part self-help, zero bullshit, and 100 percent from the heart, it confronts our never-ending love for our children and how that love helps us transform and heal"--

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Subjects
Genres
Autobiographies
Self-help publications
Livres de croissance personnelle
Published
Lanham : Rowman & Littlefield [2025]
Language
English
Main Author
Larry Carlat (author)
Physical Description
xvi, 221 pages ; 23 cm
ISBN
9781538186596
  • Preface
  • Part I. The End
  • 1. A Day in the Life . . . If You Can Still Call It That
  • 2. My Bad Dream
  • 3. Gentle on My Mind
  • 4. One from the Heart
  • 5. It's Not about the Words
  • 6. We Are Extraordinary Parents
  • 7. Stuck in Suck City
  • 8. Handle with Care
  • 9. Terrible, Thanks for Asking
  • 10. Every Picture Tells a Story
  • 11. The People in Your Heart Will Make You Cry
  • 12. Scream Real Loud
  • 13. The Twelve Steps of Grief
  • 14. Reality Bites
  • 15. Everything Is Going to Be Okay
  • 16. Me and You
  • Part II. The Middle
  • 17. One Step Forward
  • 18. A Swift Kick in the Ass
  • 19. Finding Your People
  • 20. Talk Therapy
  • 21. When Love Isn't Enough
  • 22. Whys, What Ifs, and Other Futile Questions
  • 23. Grief Observed
  • 24. We Were Robbed
  • 25. Things Change
  • 26. The Things They Left Behind
  • 27. Thirty-Second Time-Out
  • 28. Parts of You
  • 29. Say Hello to My Sad Little Friends
  • 30. Putting in the Work
  • 31. The Larry Show
  • 32. Trigger Happy
  • 33. Three Women
  • 34. Answers from the Great Beyond
  • 35. The Soul Knows When It's Time to Go
  • 36. Being and Nothingness
  • 37. Letters from Home
  • 38. Face Time
  • 39. Long Ago and Faraway
  • 40. Signs of Love
  • 41. Comic Relief
  • 42. The Presence of Their Absence
  • 43. O-o-h Child, Things Are Gonna Get Easier
  • 44. What to Expect When You're Expecting to Cry Forever
  • 45. Me and You, Part 2
  • Part III. The Beginning
  • 46. Never Let Me Go
  • 47. The Son Also Rises
  • 48. Shadows and Light
  • 49. It's Complicated
  • 50. Accidentally on Purpose
  • 51. Do You Believe in Magic?
  • 52. How Psychedelics Helped Heal My Broken Heart
  • 53. Final Thirty-Second Time-Out
  • 54. Days of the Dead
  • 55. A Life in a Flash
  • 56. The Return of Joy
  • 57. Becoming Extraordinary
  • 58. The Final Lesson
  • 59. Me and Him: A Conversation with God
  • 60. Life Rolls On
  • Epilogue
  • Acknowledgments
  • About the Author