Celebrate the release of the new memoir by Virginia Eubanks, A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving. Eubanks will be in conversation with Joe Connelly, North Creek paramedic and author of Bringing Out the Dead.
About A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving
From the book description:
Disarmingly funny and quietly wise, A Guide to Open Water Lifesaving is the story—heart-wrenching and all too relatable—of how one woman tried to rescue her beloved and learned that she would also have to rescue herself. Built from both loss and connection, it is a moving, hopeful love story about two people caught in their own kind of wilderness, trying not just to survive but to truly care for each other. It asks that we reconsider the ways in which we tend to our loved ones and ourselves, and remember the communities of care that sustain us. It reminds us: no one survives the wilderness alone.
“Eubanks is both a thorough reporter and a beautiful prose stylist…This eloquent, well-buttressed plea for improved support for trauma survivors is itself a significant contribution.” —Kirkus Reviews (Starred Review)
“Gorgeous . . . This account brims with such unadorned wisdom, though it’s anything but boring. Readers who’ve helped loved ones through a difficult time will be wowed.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)