How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss

How Much Big Is the Sky is a mother's searingly melodic and eloquent love song to her teenage son, Ryan, following his sudden death resulting from a car crash. Sherry Chapman captures the intimacy and immediacy of her experience with a rare combination of profound tenderness, literary skill, and raw candor. This stunning account of love and loss is structured in five parts resembling the various stages of grief. From the sudden blow of an early morning phone call to a mother's frantic advocacy to her final reflections on what remains, this book is unforgettable.

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How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss

How Much Big Is the Sky is a mother's searingly melodic and eloquent love song to her teenage son, Ryan, following his sudden death resulting from a car crash. Sherry Chapman captures the intimacy and immediacy of her experience with a rare combination of profound tenderness, literary skill, and raw candor. This stunning account of love and loss is structured in five parts resembling the various stages of grief. From the sudden blow of an early morning phone call to a mother's frantic advocacy to her final reflections on what remains, this book is unforgettable.

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How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss

How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss

by Sherry Chapman
How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss

How Much Big Is the Sky: A Memoir of a Mother's Love and Unfathomable Loss

by Sherry Chapman

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How Much Big Is the Sky is a mother's searingly melodic and eloquent love song to her teenage son, Ryan, following his sudden death resulting from a car crash. Sherry Chapman captures the intimacy and immediacy of her experience with a rare combination of profound tenderness, literary skill, and raw candor. This stunning account of love and loss is structured in five parts resembling the various stages of grief. From the sudden blow of an early morning phone call to a mother's frantic advocacy to her final reflections on what remains, this book is unforgettable.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781951307028
Publisher: Pedigree Publishing
Publication date: 10/16/2019
Pages: 310
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

Part I. Shock and Denial

Part II. Yearning and Isolation

Part III. Purpose and Frenzy

Part IV. Reflection

Part V. Resignation

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