Splitting the Difference: A Heart-Shaped Memoir
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- Synopsis
- At 18, Tré Miller-Rodríguez gave her newborn daughter up for adoption. At 19, her only sibling was killed in a car crash. At 34, she lost her husband to a sudden heart attack. Then, at 36, her now-teenaged daughter found her on Facebook—and began to reshape the course of Tré&’s life. With sharp, immediate prose, Tré unpacks the experience of being young and widowed in New York City: the &“dumb sh*% people say&”; the &“brave face&” she wears to work and social events; the solace she doesn&’t find in one-night stands; and how her perspective only begins to shift when she spontaneously brings Alberto&’s ashes on a trip and sets into motion the ritual of spreading him in bodies of water around the world. Once she&’s begun, Tré discovers that traveling to her bucket list destinations—places like Savannah, Brazil, and Cuba—is a viable strategy for facing her roughest days, and her loss of her husband becomes a lens through which she begins to view her past and embrace her future. By the end of her journey, Tré has quit her corporate job, explored Alberto&’s homeland of Cuba, and joyfully reunited with her biological daughter in North Carolina. Equal parts inspiring, irreverent, and heart-rending, Splitting the Difference is written with the &“raw-thenticity&” of a woman transformed by heartbreak and inspired by love&’s legacy.
- Copyright:
- 2013
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- ISBN-13:
- 9781938314216
- Related ISBNs:
- 9781938314209
- Publisher:
- She Writes Press
- Date of Addition:
- 08/02/24
- Copyrighted By:
- Tré Miller Rodríguez
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Biographies and Memoirs, Psychology
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.