{"product_id":"9781771622905","title":"How to Lose Everything","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDisability, death and divorce are part of a string of losses that leave this award-winning musician fundamentally changed as she learns to navigate her grief and find a way forward.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eChrista Couture lost a piece of herself—in more ways than one. She lost a leg to amputation from childhood bone cancer. She lost a son to complications at birth. She lost another son to a heart defect. She lost a husband to divorce. Each of these losses has left her altered.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eIn her debut memoir, Couture relives these tragedies alongside the joys that fill the spaces in between. With a quiet wisdom, she explores the dichotomies of grief—how a dismantling necessitates growth, how trauma will at once harden and soften a person. Evoking Joan Didion’s \u003cem\u003eThe Year of Magical Thinking\u003c\/em\u003e and Rachel Cusk’s \u003cem\u003eA Life’s Work\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHow to Lose Everything\u003c\/em\u003e reflects on the emotional and psychological experiences of motherhood, partnership and change.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003eCouture’s story is an offering of kinship to anyone touched by loss, be that the loss of a physical ability, the loss of a loved one, the loss of a relationship or the loss of one’s sense of self. With gentleness and generosity, \u003cem\u003eHow to Lose Everything\u003c\/em\u003e bears witness to the shift in perspective that comes with grief, and how it can deepen compassion for others, expand understanding, inspire a letting go of little things and plant a deeper feeling for what matters.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Christa Couture (CA)","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback With flaps","offer_id":47863931732022,"sku":"9781771622905","price":22.95,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0696\/2026\/9110\/files\/how-to-lose-everything-9632917.jpg?v=1790314567","url":"https:\/\/shopsaturdaymorning.ca\/products\/9781771622905","provider":"Saturday Morning","version":"1.0","type":"link"}