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“Julie Fingersh’s Stay is so rich, wise, funny, and beautifully written. It’s hard to put down once you start."
—Anne Lamott, #1 New York Times bestselling author
Named one of Zibby Owens's Most Anticipated Books of Fall 2024
"Fingersh's story should help readers dealing with family secrets and mental and physical health issues feel less alone."
—Booklist
Called “Rich, wise, funny, and beautifully written” by #1 New York Times bestselling author Anne Lamott, Stay : A Story of Family, Love, and Other Traumas is a riveting debut that captures the joyous and painful complexity of family love and loyalty, the cost of family secrets, and the quest to help the people we love most without losing our own way. It’s also a rare window into two of the biggest epidemics gripping society today: mental illness and chronic illness and the ways in which they affect relationships, personal identity, and the blueprint of our lives.
Told through the eyes of the author as both a young sibling and a mid-life parent, Julie Fingersh seamlessly weaves together present and past, unlocking the puzzle of her early adulthood with her struggling brother from the vantage point of a mid-life parent on the verge of an empty nest and her next chapter, just as her college-bound daughter’s life suddenly careens off track.
Sparkling with warmth, wit, and lyrical prose, Fingersh provides insight and sustenance for everyone wrestling with mid-life’s ghosts, parenting adult children, and the twin pillagers of fear and the inner critic. Above all, Stay is for readers who want to think, feel, laugh, cry, and perhaps see their own life’s trajectory and path forward with new eyes.
Published | Oct 15 2024 |
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Format | Hardback |
Edition | 1st |
Extent | 248 |
ISBN | 9781538195284 |
Imprint | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers |
Illustrations | 1 textbox |
Dimensions | 0 x 0 inches |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
“Julie Fingersh’s Stay is so rich, wise, funny, and beautifully written. It’s hard to put down once you start."
Anne Lamott
Stay is profound, funny, and masterfully told. It’s a beautiful memoir centered on the power of love––the joys of love, the pain of love, the responsibility of love. I read it in a single day. I can’t stop thinking about it. I loved it.
Gretchen Rubin, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Happiness Project series
Julie Fingersh’s invaluable and highly readable memoir is asking us who we thought we were, how that squares with who we’ve become and what we might want to do about it. A question every woman I know is asking right about now.
Kelly Corrigan, four-time New York Times bestselling author of The Middle Place and host of PBS' “Tell Me More with Kelly Corrigan”
A rare and compelling narrative about what it means to have a struggling child who is an almost grown-up; a balm for those whose children are on the cusp. Immersive, warm, real––like having a cup of coffee with an intimate friend. I loved the writing.
Zibby Owens, "NYC's Most Powerful Book-fluencer” (Vulture), founder of Zibby Media, author of USA Today bestselling Blank, and host of Moms Don't Have Time to Read Podcast
Julie Fingersh writes with a brilliant mind and a loving heart. Stay is a book of remarkable emotional depth and wisdom for anyone in search of moving past their pain and making the most of their one precious life.
Dr. Edith Eva Eger, New York Times bestselling author of The Gift, The Choice, and featured guest on Oprah's Super Soul Sunday
Stay is a work of art and a treasure. The journey through its pages is an exhibit of integrity, vulnerability, talent, and raw humanity. You will be enthralled.
Harville Hendrix, PhD, New York Times bestselling author of Getting the Love You Want: A Guide for Couples and How to Talk with Anyone About Anything
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