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Beauty in the Broken Places: A Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience

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Beauty in the Broken Places: A Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience

When Allison Pataki's husband suffers a stroke, he wakes up with a complete loss of memory. At five months pregnant, Allison has lost the Dave she knew and loved. Within a few months, she found herself caring for both a newborn and a sick husband, struggling with the fear of what was to come. As a way to make sense of the pain and chaos of their new reality, Allison started to write daily letters to Dave. Not only would she work to make sense of the unfathomable experiences unfolding around her, but her letters would provide Dave with the memories he could not make on his own. She was writing to preserve their past, protect their present, and fight for their future. Those letters became the foundation for this beautiful, intimate memoir.

Beauty in the Broken Places: A Memoir of Love, Faith, and Resilience
by Allison Pataki

  • Publication Date: May 7, 2019
  • Genres: Memoir, Nonfiction
  • Paperback: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
  • ISBN-10: 0399591672
  • ISBN-13: 9780399591679