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    The Day We Said Goodbye: A Meditation on Acceptance
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    The Day We Said Goodbye: A Meditation on Acceptance

    Written by Ken La Salle

    Narrated by Ken La Salle

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    About this audiobook

    What do you do when your father is losing his life just as you are losing your mind? Run like hell.

    At the close of A Grand Canyon, Ken La Salle and his beloved Vicky drive off into the sunset. It’s a fairy tale ending, providing your idea of a fairy tale includes suicide attempts, hallucinations, and crippling self-doubt.

    Now, in The Day We Said Goodbye, it’s time to live the dream. Vicky and Ken get married, travel the world, and embrace the warm light of love. Or so Ken wanted to believe. But he never really dealt with the impulses that drove him to the edge of the Grand Canyon, now manifesting in schizophrenic episodes, like when his ex-wife shows up at his wedding.

    And it doesn’t help that his father is dying and Ken has to find a way to say Goodbye.

    The Day We Said Goodbye is Ken La Salle’s third memoir, following A Grand Canyon and Climbing Maya. It combines razor-sharp observations with revealing wisdom and the story of how goodbyes are often all we’re left with when everything you know, and everything you think you know, fades away with time. It is a book for anyone who has lost someone, anyone losing themselves … and anyone who is lost.

    The audiobook version, read by the author, is beautifully scored with the Josh Woodward song, History Repeats.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBig Happy Family Audio
    Release dateNov 20, 2013
    ISBN9781509422074
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    The Day We Said Goodbye: A Meditation on Acceptance
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    Ken La Salle

    Author and Playwright, Ken La Salle grew up in Santa Ana, California and has remained in the surrounding area his entire life. He was raised with strong, blue collar roots, which have given him a progressive and environmentalist view. As a result, you'll find many of his stories touching those areas both geographically and philosophically. His plays have been seen in theaters across the country and you can find a growing number of books available online. Find out more about Ken on his website at www.kenlasalle.com.

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