{"product_id":"ghosting-a-widows-voyage-out-9780960097760","title":"Ghosting: A Widow's Voyage Out","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarried at a young age to an older man, neither he nor she doubted that he would predecease her; but she discovers that there is no preparing for the loss a beloved. Their marriage was a passionate 35 year love affair, as if the odds against its longevity engendered a rare intensity. She discovers that love has no boundaries, grief is not eternal and ?her husband's motto \"Life is a love story\" is so very true.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAscher writes passionately about her unlikely marriage, her husband's illness and death and her ensuing sorrow. A witness to the insanity that grief visits upon its victims with a seeming determination to destroy, she gazes straight into the eye of grief and does not blink. In time she moves beyond that grief - her voyage out. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGhosting is, by turns, moving and funny, tender and brutal .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe wonder of Ghosting is that Ascher, like Montaigne, calls forth Everyman. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eAbout previous books: \u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePat Conroy on Dancing In The Dark: \u003cbr\u003e \"One of those books that wakes you up to the life you have failed to live, ...What a wonderful book.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Publishers Weekly on The Habit of Loving: ?\u003cbr\u003e \"With her sharp, unflinching eye, she discovers wonder and truth at our very doorsteps.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Boston Globe on Landscape Without Gravity: \u003cbr\u003e \"Her honesty touches the reader's heart, opens the scars of old wounds, and helps heal them...wrenching, insightful...compelling\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Eudora Welty on Playing After Dark: \u003cbr\u003e Barbara Ascher has a serious mind and the gift of a light touch.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-14403844\"\u003eBarbara Ascher\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Pushcart Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/07\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 265\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780960097760\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0960097767\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO022000\"\u003eWomen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Pushcart Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43832873091211,"sku":"9780960097760","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_7d4636b7-b4a8-4527-b315-4bd5fa593f7d.jpg?v=1755625288","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/ghosting-a-widows-voyage-out-9780960097760","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}