<p>On a drizzly October night in the coastal town of Santa Cruz, California, seventeen-month-old Nevaeh Buchanan drowns. Her mother, Alyssa Buchanan, is wild with rage and regret for placing her trust in her husband, Seth Buchanan, a former pro-surfer who is in the grip of addiction. Seth is adamant that he was clean the night of Nevaeh's death, but a dirty drug test contradicts his story. His parental rights stripped and criminal charges looming, he battles to prove his innocence, love, and family devotion. Adding to the couple's grief is their five-year-old daughter, Daisy, who hasn't uttered a word since her sister's death. Alyssa turns to childhood friend and local police officer, Greg Wallace, for comfort and support. Although Greg portrays heroic devotion and justice, he inwardly swims with jealousy, narcissism, and rage. He has long despised Seth, and is more than willing to meet Alyssa's needs, needs that reach far beyond friendship.Into this complex scene steps therapist Katherine Middlebrook. Her practice consumes nearly all of her time—time that is even more precious now that her mother's cancer has returned. Although teetering on burnout, she accepts three new clients: Greg Wallace, Alyssa Buchanan, and Seth Buchanan, unaware of their intertwined history. Buried deep in Katherine's past is the loss of her own child. As therapy progresses, Katherine, Greg, Seth, and Alyssa's lives and tragedies collide, awakening old demons, leading each to question truth, loyalty, and who, if anyone, can be trusted.An award winner in the South West Writer's Contest for literary and mainstream novel, Out of Breath is an exploration of parental grief, addiction, compassion fatigue, and suicide; it's the prodigal story of grace undeserved. Salluce's expertise as a psychotherapist and grief specialist enables her to create dynamic characters that will leave you breathless as you jeer their shadow sides and cheer the heroic journeys.</p>

Out of Breath

Literature & Fiction

Salluce, Susan

Genre Fiction

Bowker

<p>Nearly fifty million people have tattoos in the United States, and that number is growing. In the past decade there has been a significant rise in memorial tattoos--those in which the tattoo serves to highlight the loss of a child, a spouse, a lover, a parent, a friend or pet. GriefINK: Tattoo as the language of Grief, is a collection of grief stories and powerful photographs of memorial tattoos which highlight the continued bond that people share with loved ones well after death. The featured participants--fathers, mothers, granddaughters, grandmothers, peace officers, and military personnel--share their losses, decision-making process to receive a memorial tattoo, and the impact that the finished tattoo has had upon their lives. By wearing an outer expression of their inner loss, these individuals show how memorial tattoos do not merely punctuate the death of someone, but rather, invite others into the living world of relationship. Using her education and experience as a therapist, grief specialist, and writer, Susan Salluce, MA, CT, offers the bereaved, the tattoo industry, and professionals in the helping fields a cutting-edge view of memorialized loss. Matt Molinari's exceptional photographs will appeal to photographer enthusiasts who seek to capture not simply an image, but the emotion and story behind the picture.</p>

griefINK: Tattoo as the Language of Grief

Parenting & Relationships

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform

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