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product_id: 1702852
title: "Lifesaving: A Memoir Paperback – April 1, 2000"
brand: "judith barrington"
price: "4370 kr"
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reviews_count: 7
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# Lifesaving: A Memoir Paperback – April 1, 2000

**Brand:** judith barrington
**Price:** 4370 kr
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- **What is this?** Lifesaving: A Memoir Paperback – April 1, 2000 by judith barrington
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## Customer Reviews

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    Saving her Own LIfe
  

*by S***R on Reviewed in the United States on August 22, 2017*

This book made me think, and remember. The author writes succinctly, evocatively, making me see and feel everything she was going through. The memories she gave me were from my own time living in Spain, interestingly, near to where she lived, and in the same years. Before reading this book I'd say I couldn't even imagine what it must have been like for her to lose both her parents in such an horrific way, but, after reading this, I certainly felt I could empathise to an extent, due to her wonderfully descriptive writing. She told me. I felt I was at her side, as she went through all her horrors, even making me cry here and there. I watched her grow into adulthood, ever striving to come to terms with her loss, and finally finding a certain acceptance, if not peace. The title of her book is perfect, for trying to save herself from spiralling further out of control, even if she couldn't use her childhood learned lifesaving skills to save her parents. The book became a page-turner for me, to see how she did it, how she survived. Her writing has nothing superfluous in it, every word needing to be there, and beautifully chosen.

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    Lifesaving
  

*by N***L on Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2010*

This book  is a marvel...connecting each of us to our own sense of loss, even if we did not lose our parents tragically and suddenly.  There is loss of parents, whether through death, or simply growing up and apart, loss of innocence, loss of youth...all is delved into with the keenest yet gentlest of inquiry and revelation.  Beautifully written, for everyone to read.  A solace to the soul.  A place to lay your head down and just breathe into the pain and joy of being human.

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    Adrift on land
  

*by A***R on Reviewed in the United States on July 4, 2001*

Winner of a Lambda Literary Award, Barrington's memoir chronicles the years after the deaths of her parents during a cruise ship tragedy. Running from her grief, as well as her emerging desires for women, Barrington travels to Spain to work as a tour guide for a winery. There, she submerges herself in her work and in nightly encounters with various men. It's not until many years pass, that Barrington is able to grapple with her grief and visit her parents' grave in Gibraltar. This autobiography is about the struggle to overcome past tragedies and pain, and to finally embrace the full emotional range of one's self in the journey to wholeness. I was rather enchanted with Barrington's style, yet I felt she didn't delve into the depths as much as the memoir warranted. She does address this in the narrative, where she remarks on how people reacted upon hearing of the deaths of her parents at sea. Everyone does deal with tragedy in different ways, and who's to say which is more appropriate?

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