{"title":"Sharon Emery","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"its-hard-being-you-a-primer-on-being-happy-anyway-hardcover","title":"It's Hard Being You: A Primer on Being Happy Anyway - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSharon Emery struggled with the losses and limits she faced but couldn't change - no matter how hard she tried. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd she \u003cem\u003edid\u003c\/em\u003e try. First with her incurable severe stutter, then with the death of her daughter, Jessica, and the too-early deaths of her own younger siblings. Meanwhile, her \"broken\" voice meant her long career in communications was regularly a battle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmery wrote this memoir to help guide her children on their own life journeys, stressing the amazing resilience of humans beings. Exhibit A: herself.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the foreword, Steve Gleason - former NFL player with the New Orleans Saints, now living with ALS, and a friend of Emery's son, Ben Schneider, front man for the band Lord Huron - provides a compelling introduction to what we can gain from what we lose.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmery was a daughter, sister and mother - and lost all those roles. She was a journalist, public relations consultant, and teacher - and never able to speak fluently. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHer memoir recounts Emery's challenges and achievements, tracing her efforts to give them meaning and find where they fit in her life. It's a process she considers vital to surviving what happens to you - telling the story. This is a reaffirming example of how it can be done.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67962480165087,"sku":"9781954786554","price":29.14,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/eixE7SmL5N9781954786554.webp?v=1791690759"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/sharon-emery.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}