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Review � �'Both Sides Now�is an unflinching memoir of love and loss and hope. Nancy Sharp's honesty and hard-earned wisdom make this book essential reading for anyone facing adversity-which is all of us.'--Ann Hood, author of�Comfort,�The Red Thread,�and�The Obituary Writer �'The Nancy Sharp you will meet in this moving memoir is an exemplar of honesty, courage, and grace. I know of no other book that addresses the pain of loss and the challenge of recovery with the fierce intimacy displayed in Both Sides Now.'--Daniel Okrent, author of Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition; former editor, Life magazine'While it would never be possible to completely 'balance the scales' after a loss of the kind she suffered, she could still rededicate herself to living life to the fullest...Wrenching yet eloquent and fiercely hopeful.' --Kirkus Reviews'...simultaneously devastating, inspiring and moving. The true story resonates with the bittersweet tragicomedy that is life; at once too strange to be real, often funny, excruciating,�and deeply romantic. Written by a courageous woman who has 'been there,' her writing painstakingly makes the personal universal. She instills hope after loss, and gives us a literary primer on 'how-to' survive when life hands you the unimaginable.' --Susan Cartsonis, producer of 'What Women Want,' 'Where The Heart Is,' 'Aquamarine,' and 'No Reservations''...Sharp's book grabs life by its tattered collar, examining the ambiguity and the complexity, the mess and the mystery. In the tradition of such classics as A Grief Observed, Death Be Not Proud, and The Year of Magical Thinking, Both Sides Now appears slated to join the rare but wondrous ranks of personal writing raised to the level of universal appeal.'--Madeleine Blais, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Uphill Walkers: Memoir of A Family and In These Girls, Hope is A Muscle � Read more From the Author � Q:����������������� Can you describe was it was like to learn that your husband Brett's cancer had returned, after 18 months in remission, on the very day you gave birth to premature twins? � A:����������������� It was surreal: like having summited a mountain only to be pushed off the cliff.� � Q:����������������� You conceived of the twins through in-vitro fertilization with sperm Brett had banked before he started chemotherapy. When you made the decision to conceive, did any part of you acknowledge that you might be raising these children on your own? � A:����������������� Yes and no. We wanted so badly to have a family, which for us, represented the future. It was against this backdrop that I said yes to having children. � Q:����������������� Why--and what gave you the courage--to move away from your support system in NYC to Denver with 5 year-old twins? � A:����������������� I was turning forty, and nearly my entire thirties were spent caregiving and mourning. 'If not now when?'� This is what propelled me forward. I chose Denver because my college roommate and her family lived here, and every time Brett and I visited them (in better years), we felt an innate sense of belonging. After the tempest in NYC, I found solace in looking to the mountains. � Q:����������������� After your move, you read about your current husband Steve Saunders--a widowed news anchor with two children--in an article about Denver's most eligible bachelors.� The first time you sent him an email, he did not respond. Why did you email him again? � A:����������������� I suppose that I felt like being tenacious. I had just recast my life in another part of the country! I thought Steve might not have received the first e-mail, or that he never saw my note. I had nothing to lose so I simply resent the note. � Q:����������������� While your specific story is about moving on from the death of your husband, your book is inspirational and applicable to anyone who wants to make life changes.� Why? � A:����������������� Life is full of obstacles, most of which we can neither anticipate nor control. Processing such experiences are one thing, but staying in stasis is another. Human beings have the ability to redefine negative life events. Once we learn to see beyond that which limits us, we are capable of moving our lives in a bolder direction.� � Q:����������������� You say B.O.L.D. Living�--an acronym for how you approach life--stands for Beauty, Opportunity, Liveliness, and Daring.� What does it mean in a nutshell? � A:����������������� Bold Living requires the courage to move beyond our fears and past experiences. To dream and act and live and seize every precious moment, hard or beautiful as they might be. � Q:����������������� Breaking the acronym apart, you talk about how B--Beauty--has many faces. And that surprisingly there was incredible beauty surrounding Brett's death.� How so? � A: ����������������� Never would I have planned that a crowd of seventeen people, a good many of them uninvited, would fill his hospice room on the day he died.� Like a chorus of angels they huddled together and sang, 'let go, let go, let go,' until their voices drowned out the last of his labored breath. Grace and heat and beauty and life and death all at once. � Q:����������������� O stands for Opportunity. 'You must create opportunities for yourself. Don't wait for life to happen. Make life happen!' What are some ways people can do that? � � A:����������������� We can take thirty minutes to dream. Are we being held back in some way by not pursuing this dream, simple or far-fetched as it might be?� Before I settled on Denver, I thought about moving to Italy. While a transcontinental move with young twins would have been inconceivable, it sure was yummy to picture myself strolling the piazzas of Rome with my children. Thirty minutes is a manageable period. What simple steps might we take within this time frame to expand our vision? � Q:����������������� L is for Liveliness, as in 'Be alive for today. Make the past a vivid part of your present.' What does that mean? � A:����������������� Everything that happens to us in life is just part of the fabric of today. It's not possible to rewrite the past, and yet we can find gentle acceptance in recognizing that the past is merely a part of today's story, but not the whole story. � Q:����������������� You write that D stands for Daring. What if someone is scared to take a risk?� What is the first step? � A:����������������� We've all made brave decisions over the course of our lives, even if we don't think of them in such terms. Find strength from those decisions and actions and know that we are gifted with the ability to step forward at any moment. Think bold. Be bold. Live bold. � � Read more From the Inside Flap A BRAVE AND VIVIDLY RENDERED memoir: when life and death collide, one young woman discovers how to hold both past and present at once? ultimately lifting herself by bold living and a second chance at love. Both Sides Now hinges on the day when Nancy Sharp delivered premature twins and learned that her husband�s cancer had returned after eighteen months in remission. Set in New York City, where the couple lived happily until Brett�s shocking diagnosis in 1998, the story moves back in time through Nancy and her husband�s courtship and marriage?and forward through Brett�s death, when the twins were two and a half, he was not quite forty, and Nancy was thirty-seven.When life hands you the unthinkable, you must find new ways to see. Such is the ground on which Nancy rebuilt her world. She did so in Denver, Colorado, after a chance conversation with a friend convinced her to take the leap of faith she needed. She�d long been drawn to the sturdiness of the Rocky Mountains and the bounty of their view. Like a prayer, the mountains offered her promise and possibility. And so she came with her five-year-old twins, never expecting to find love again in the pages of a magazine. This is a story of real courage and unexpected joy. It is also a story about Steve, Nancy�s second husband, a widower with two children, and about the surprising turns life takes when blending two families torn by loss. Both Sides Now promises hard-won wisdom, a gift for those looking to rise again: 'The past is simply part of our story, just not the whole story.' Read more From the Back Cover Both Sides Now is both an intimate portrait of loss and a fierce affirmation of life, says Mitchell Kaplan, publisher of Books & Books Press, founder and chair of the Miami Book Fair International, and past president of the American Booksellers Association (ABA). Nancy s elegant prose and the way she paints her own story in such universal language clearly resonates with readers, and I m personally very proud to stand behind this important book. The past is simply part of our story; just not the whole story On the very day that Nancy Sharp delivered premature twins, she learned that her husband s brain cancer returned after eighteen months in remission. Less than three years later, at the age of 37, she became a widow. But while many in that situation would crumble, Nancy had an innate ability to hold life and death in the same moment. She learned to see beyond the frame s edge. Nancy shares her unforgettable journey one that offers enlightened understanding for living life to the fullest. Her story is a gift to those looking to lift themselves from the embers of loss and adversity through bold living. Both Sides Now/2 Seeking the solace of the Rocky Mountains and a fresh start, Nancy packs up her five year-old twins and leaves Manhattan for Denver, never imagining that she would find love in the pages of a magazine. But after reading an article on eligible bachelors, Nancy sends an email to Steve Saunders, a popular Denver television anchor turned political candidate as well as a widower who d lost his wife to cancer, and was raising two sons a decade older than Nancy s twins. Today they have been married for six years.' Read more About the Author Nancy Sharp is an author and keynote speaker who frequently talks to large groups about bold living. Nancy uses her own transformational experience to inspire people and organizations to own their stories. Which�sometimes requires the ability to shift narratives. Upcoming programs include the Miami Book Fair International and New York City's 92nd Street Y.� � Nancy holds an MFA in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College and writes regularly for The Huffington Post.� Her work has appeared in major media including Dr. Oz: The Good Life,�Woman's Day, MORE, SELF, The Denver Post, and 5280 Magazine.��She has also contributed online content for Stand Up 2 Cancer, the Livestrong Foundation and Reimagineme.com. �Nancy authors two blogs: Vivid Living: Life in Full Bloom...Thorns and All�, and Tasting Life with Nancy Sharp.� BOTH SIDES NOW�is her first book.� She lives in Denver with her husband, Steve Saunders, and their four children, ages thirteen through twenty-three. Read more
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