{"product_id":"how-to-lose-everything-a-memoir-9781771622905","title":"How to Lose Everything: A Memoir","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisability, death and divorce are part of a string of losses that leave this award-winning musician fundamentally changed as she learns to navigate her grief and find a way forward.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChrista Couture lost a piece of herself--in more ways than one. She lost a leg to amputation from childhood bone cancer. She lost a son to complications at birth. She lost another son to a heart defect. She lost a husband to divorce. Each of these losses has left her altered.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIn her debut memoir, Couture relives these tragedies alongside the joys that fill the spaces in between. With a quiet wisdom, she explores the dichotomies of grief--how a dismantling necessitates growth, how trauma will at once harden and soften a person. Evoking Joan Didion's \u003cem\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e and Rachel Cusk's \u003cem\u003eA Life's Work\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHow to Lose Everything\u003c\/em\u003e reflects on the emotional and psychological experiences of motherhood, partnership and change.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCouture's story is an offering of kinship to anyone touched by loss, be that the loss of a physical ability, the loss of a loved one, the loss of a relationship or the loss of one's sense of self. With gentleness and generosity, \u003cem\u003eHow to Lose Everything\u003c\/em\u003e bears witness to the shift in perspective that comes with grief, and how it can deepen compassion for others, expand understanding, inspire a letting go of little things and plant a deeper feeling for what matters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCouture, Christa:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChrista Couture\u003c\/strong\u003e is an award-winning performing and recording artist, non-fiction writer and broadcaster. She is also proudly Indigenous, queer, disabled and a mom. Her sixth recording, \u003ci\u003eSafe Harbour\u003c\/i\u003e, was released March 2020. Her writing has been published in \u003ci\u003eRoom\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eShameless\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAugur\u003c\/i\u003e magazines and CBC.ca. As a speaker and storyteller, she has addressed audiences for The Walrus Talks, CBC's \u003ci\u003eDNTO Live\u003c\/i\u003e and Moses Znaimer's ideacity. She is a frequent contributor to CBC Radio's \u003ci\u003eNow or Never\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Next Chapter\u003c\/i\u003e, and she is a weekday afternoon host on 106.5 ELMNT FM in Toronto.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Douglas \u0026 McIntyre","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50554099171602,"sku":"9781771622905","price":12.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_a1b1411a-3594-4855-a8ec-59361bdda460.jpg?v=1731707494","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/how-to-lose-everything-a-memoir-9781771622905","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}