This or Something Better: A Memoir of Resilience - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:She Writes PressISBN-13:9781647423612ISBN-10:1647423619UPC:9781647423612Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Artists, Architects, Photographers, AbuseBook Topic:Child AbuseSize:8.43 x 5.43 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC2X1Z35ZY
When the Sonoma Complex fire came to Elisa Stancil Levine's California doorstep in 2017, her world changed overnight. The devastating fire torched thousands of acres, but for Elisa, a world-class decorative artist, it was her reaction that night that cracked her wide open. A loving wife, mother, and grandmother, Elisa thought she had reckoned with her early childhood trauma. But when she fled the midnight firestorm without alerting a single neighbor, she had to ask herself: Who does that? In This or Something Better, Elisa revisits her past and the one force in which she has always found true kinship: the wild river. Nature, her lifelong ally, gave solace. Through teen pregnancy, her baby's stillbirth, and a mystical near-death experience at eighteen, nature shaped her character, and it later informed her wildly successful career. But was there an unintended consequence? The fresh trauma of the firestorm sparked a quest: what treasure awaited if Elisa learned to trust human nature? Vivid, poetic, and intimate, This or Something Better reveals how true healing of deep wounds happens one exquisite layer at a time--and invites us each to consider and embrace our own path toward wholeness and authenticity.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:She Writes PressISBN-13:9781647423612ISBN-10:1647423619UPC:9781647423612Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Family & RelationshipsBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Artists, Architects, Photographers, AbuseBook Topic:Child AbuseSize:8.43 x 5.43 x 0.87 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC2X1Z35ZY
Stancil Levine, Elisa: - Elisa Stancil Levine was born in Northern California and grew up beside the American River, the site of the California gold rush. She left high school at sixteen and as a young mother earned an AA degree, remodeled sixteen houses, and wrote for Sacramento Magazine. Her successful decorative art company, Stancil Studios, has won numerous awards and is now owned by her son, James. Elisa and her husband spend hours immersed in nature on Sonoma Mountain, hiking, horseback riding, and running in the forest. This or Something Better is her second book. She lives in Sonoma, CA.
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