As you set your sail through life, there are different storms that will come your way. These hurricanes can either bring you down or push you up. The thing with all the uncertainties and hindrances is that they exist to keep you going and make you appreciate your hard work. But, while you journey towards those moments, you might not realize their value given the complexity and tension of the situations. Regardless of your struggles, one thing is for sure, the sun will rise up again, and you will wake up to a new beginning.
There are many who have experienced falling down and standing up. Some of them braved to share their personal experiences to express, unload, and inspire. Thus, listed below are the best memoirs that will teach you about struggles, hope, and starting new.
My Alcoholic, My Love: My Love and Loss of An Alcoholic Husband by Margaret Moschak
My Alcoholic, My Love: My Love and Loss of An Alcoholic Husband by Margaret Moschak is a book that chronicles the author’s married life. Moschak was dealing with an alcoholic spouse. Their happy marriage went downhill after her husband suffered from alcoholism and was in denial for years. But, she fought her way up so she and her kids could live a better life and save themselves from the alcoholic’s impacts on their lives. It was not an easy journey, but according to Margaret: “I am impaled by my alcoholic and must move on. I realized I could not live with him but had to move to another city where he could not be in my life easily.”
Languages of Loss: A Psychotherapist’s Journey Through Grief by Sasha Bates
In 2020, Yellow Kite published the book titled Languages of Loss: A Psychotherapist’s Journey Through Grief penned by psychotherapist, journalist, and former documentary filmmaker Sasha Bates. This book was written after the author’s husband died, and it showcases an essential and long-overdue talk about losing someone and dying. It aims to teach people that everybody has varying experiences when it comes to grief. However, gaining more understanding about the subject and learning a new vocabulary while not automatically easing it can alleviate the solitary feeling and allow you to assess what you’ve been through and how far you’ve come.
In Search of Silence by Poorna Bell
This book narrates the story of the widow Poorna Bell and how she dealt with the loss of her husband, who died through suicide after fighting addiction and depression. Given her atypical situation, a bunch of questions comes to her mind, and most of them center on happiness, love, sadness, and saving. After quite some time of reconstructing her life, she starts to look into stuff endemic in the society to assess the reasons why people depend on other individuals to fix their inner issues. Thus, In Search of Silence is a book that acknowledges the echo chamber that people discover in them when it comes to the things that consist a successful and satisfactory life.
Life in Pieces by Dawn O’porter
Dawn O’porter’s Sunday Times bestselling book titled Life in Pieces was published by Harper Collins in 2020. It is a bold, raw, and humorous diary of the author during one of the toughest times that the world has gone through. The book narrates the life of the author as she reflects on different things in life during the lockdown, including grief, parenting, spirituality, identity, and more. It also talks about controllable and uncontrollable things. According to the book, when everything seems to come to pieces, there will always be a way to put them back together.
Coming Undone: A Memoir by Terri White
Canongate Books published Terri White’s memoir titled Coming Undone in 2020. For others, White seemed to be living the life that many wanted, such as residing in the Empire State and having a competitive job in a major magazine. But, little did everyone know, Terri was in a battle. She was fighting childhood traumas and mental health crises. Thus, this book narrates the author’s experiences, from her darkest moments to the time she realized and decided to slowly pull herself together and stand up again.
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