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Estranged

Leaving Family and Finding Home

By: Jessica Berger Gross

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Estranged

Leaving Family and Finding Home

By: Jessica Berger Gross

Jessica Berger Gross’s “gripping memoir about growing up in—and growing out of—a deeply dysfunctional, abusive family” (Glamour.com) redefines our understanding of estrangement and celebrates the ability to triumph over adversity. To outsiders, Jessica Berger Gross’s childhood—growing up in a “nice” Jewish family in middle class Long Island—seemed as wholesomely American as any other. But behind closed doors, Jessica suffered years of physical and emotional abuse at the hands of her father, whose mood would veer unexpectedly from loving to violent. At the age of twenty-eight, still reeling from the trauma but emotionally dependent on her dysfunctional family, Jessica made the anguished decision to cut ties with them entirely. Years later, living in Maine with a loving husband and young son, having finally found happiness, Jessica is convinced the decision saved her life. In her “unsentimentally courageous memoir” (Kirkus Reviews), one of Elle’s “Best Books of the Summer,” Jessica breaks through common social taboos and bravely recounts the painful, self-defeating ways in which she internalized her abusive childhood, how she came to the monumental decision to distance herself from her family, and how she endured the difficult road that followed. Ultimately, by removing herself from the damaging patterns and relationships of the past, Jessica has managed to carve an inspiring path to happiness—one she has created on her own terms. Her story, told here in a careful, unflinching, and forthright way, completely reframes how we think about family and the past. Estranged is “a memoir of love, abuse, despair, and hope…a reminder that any family can hide a secret and that many victims of abuse go their entire lives without speaking out about it” (Booklist).

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Simon and Schuster

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1501101625

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enLIGHTened

How I Lost 40 Pounds with a Yoga Mat, Fresh Pineapples, and a Beagle Pointer

By: Jessica Berger Gross

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enLIGHTened

How I Lost 40 Pounds with a Yoga Mat, Fresh Pineapples, and a Beagle Pointer

By: Jessica Berger Gross

Meet your new best yoga-and-healthy-eating friend in this smart, accessible, and funny memoir of dieting and discovery. For years, Jessica struggled with fluctuating weight and bouts of unhappiness. Like many of us, she found comfort in food and craved cigarettes and self-confidence. Then one day Jessica took her first yoga class in Katmandu. She lost 40 pounds and changed her life forever. In enLIGHTened, Jessica shares the core principles of yoga philosophy—not the poses and postures, but the ancient system of ideas that lies behind them, drawn from a 2000-year-old text called the Yoga Sutras. The inspiration for this memoir-driven diet and health book is studied by devout yoga students and teachers, and offers answers to eating smartly, living right, and losing weight. Jessica goes beyond yoga's merge into mainstream—beyond trendy diets, unsustainable exercise routines, and the quest for the perfect figure. Using spiritual philosophy, and personal stories everyone can relate to, she sets the reader on a journey to self-acceptance, personal peace, and long-term health.

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187

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Simon and Schuster

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1626368678

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9781626368675

Estranged

Leaving Family and Finding Home

By: Jessica Berger Gross

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Leaving Family and Finding Home

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EnLIGHTened

How I Lost 40 Pounds with a Yoga Mat, Fresh Pineapples, and a Beagle Pointer

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How I Lost 40 Pounds with a Yoga Mat, Fresh Pineapples, and a Beagle Pointer

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An absorbing, entertaining diet memoir with humor, empathy, and...

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225

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Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

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1602396396

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9781602396395

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