{"product_id":"the-sweet-pain-of-being-alive-9798889104049","title":"The Sweet Pain of Being Alive","description":"In the highly anticipated sequel to her award-winning memoir, \u003cem\u003eDaring to Date Again\u003c\/em\u003e (She Writes Press, 2014), \u003cem\u003eThe Sweet Pain of Being Alive\u003c\/em\u003e is the second in Ann Anderson Evans's memoir trilogy. It follows her heartbreaking journey as she seeks to uncover why her beloved husband killed himself. As her agonizing search deepens, her views on gender, sex, marriage, right, wrong, good, and bad start to shift.\u003cbr\u003e\"Ann Anderson Evans is a fearless, fierce, divine, and wise woman who has dared to take a huge bite from Eve's apple and has the guts to share the insights, fights, and delights she has met head-on.\"- M.J. McDermott, Emmy award-winning broadcaster.\"This book reveals a widow's gut-wrenching process of scrutiny. In the aftermath of her beloved's suicide, Ann Anderson Evans asks the questions all suicide survivors must ask: Why? Was his life really so bad? How could I have saved him? Futilely searching for answers to this inexplicable tragedy, Ann has beautifully, painfully dissected her relationship, her husband's life, and his enduring struggles with depression and transgenderism. Ann is left to find acceptance and peace on her own. This is compelling reading.\"- Leslie Hilburn Fabian, Author of \u003cem\u003eMy Husband's a Woman Now: A Shared Journey of Transition and Love.\u003c\/em\u003e\"'People are not always, maybe not ever, what they seem, ' writes Ann Anderson Evans. She thought she knew her husband Terry. What she didn't know - the secret he only partially shared and his anguish about not claiming his authentic self - led him to suicide. 'This book is stark, unflinching, intensely personal, and powerfully written. I loved the book, and I'm grateful to Ann Anderson Evans for having the courage to write it.'\"- Joan Price, author of \u003cem\u003eSex After Grief: Navigating Your Sexuality After Losing Your Beloved.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ann Anderson Evans\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Austin Macauley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/05\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.59lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.39d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798889104049\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eEvans, Ann Anderson:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Ann Evans is a writer, linguist, and professor. Twice a wife and once a widow, she's a mother and grandmother. She has traveled and lived in many countries and speaks six languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHer first book, \u003cem\u003eDARING TO DATE AGAIN\u003c\/em\u003e (SheWrites Press, 2014) won multiple prizes for memoir. Her story, \u003cem\u003ePrecious Love\u003c\/em\u003e was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. Other short stories have been published in \u003cem\u003eEntropy, The Opiate, Pulse, Phantasmagoria, Forge, Under the Sun, Ozone Park Journal, Phoebe, The Raven's Perch, Words \u0026amp; Images, Pedagogy, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eBetter Than Starbucks. \u003c\/em\u003eAnn has appeared on television, radio, and podcasts, with appearances on The Discovery Channel's \u003cem\u003eSex in America \u003c\/em\u003especial, NPR's \u003cem\u003eAuthor's Corner\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Author's Show, ArtistFirst, KGUA, Gualala, California, JenningsWire, Beyond Fifty Radio: Daniel Davis, Kim Power Stilson, Donna Seebo Show, \u003c\/em\u003eand \u003cem\u003eThe Michael Dresser Show\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003cbr\u003eShe shares her experiences and insights using a well-traveled lifetime and a sense of humor and joy. She lives in Vermont.\u003cbr\u003eAnn can be found at \u003cem\u003ewww.annandersonevans.com.\u003c\/em\u003e","brand":"Austin Macauley","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43503115894899,"sku":"9.79889E+12","price":13.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_2c140083-1058-4eb8-848d-9eac4029dc4e.jpg?v=1755257794","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-sweet-pain-of-being-alive-9798889104049","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}