Ten Minutes from Home

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Greenfield produces a commanding memoir of healing and recovery that doesn't shrink from the suffering she and her family endured, or the often painful details that accompany the process of moving forward, while simultaneously embracing the human capacity for vulnerability and joy. Anyone who has lost loved ones too soon will find Greenfield's brutal honesty cathartic, and her hard-won progress inspiring.
—Publishers Weekly

"The book is an evocative portrait of the author's youth and its disruption by her brother's sudden death. There is sadness, to be sure, but Greenfield never opts for easy descriptions: Mourning, for her, is complicated, messy and unpredictable. Her prose, however, is pristine—surefooted and empathetic."
—Time Out New York

"Beth Greenfield's memoir is a gripping and thoughtful portrait of grief and how it can tear a family apart and bring it back together. …Grief is a messy process and Greenfield captures her own struggle honestly and sharply as she comes of age in the wake of the accident."
—AfterEllen.com

"It’s such a clear-eyed, heartfelt-but-never-maudlin account of that cataclysmic event and the time that came after, as she and her mother and father raggedly try, and fail, to find comfort. But it’s a hopeful book too, full of grace, as the writer heals by circling back to tell the tale."
—Whole Living

I was deeply touched by Ten Minutes from Home. This is a book filled with heart. A courageous book. A necessary book. Ms Greenfield’s story is a testament to love, to family and to survival.
—Alison Smith, author of Name All the Animals

"With language poetic and spare, Beth Greenfield mines the tragedies of her life with a humble magnificence. I kept thinking Mary Karr was channeling Hemingway while reading Tens Minutes from Home, and yet Greenfield's hard-earned voice is all her own - witty, courageous, close-to-the-bone. I loved this book, but I am also grateful for it. It broke my heart and then it helped to heal it."
—Kevin Sessums, author of Mississippi Sissy

Beth Greenfield's devastating memoir chronicles a family reeling after the most awful and arbitrary of losses, the deaths of children. With acute, loving attention, Greenfield shows us how the living, transformed by grief, stagger back toward a renewed life.
—Mark Doty, author of Dog Years

"This memoir, so astute, clear-eyed, and deeply affecting, is as brave as it is beautiful. With exceptional and unsentimental self-awareness, Greenfield explores what it means to survive trauma and thus to go on living even after those whom we love best have died. This book, so full of love and sorrow, is more than stunning achievement. It is also a victory over what Emily Dickinson termed a "pain so utter" that "it swallows substance up."
—Richard McCann, author of Mother of Sorrows

"In Ten Minutes from Home, Beth Greenfield beautifully captures the lonely, complex territory of grief while staying true to the perspective of a young girl. This memoir of a family shattered by loss is also a story of resilience and the power of language, as the narrator ventures out into the world and returns to her family, with healing words. "
—Elizabeth Graver, author of The Honey Thief



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	Advanced praise for Ten Minutes from Home Reviews \| Read an Excerpt \| Photo Album \| News & Events Greenfield produces a commanding memoir of healing and recovery that doesn't shrink from the suffering she and her family endured, or the often painful details that accompany the process of moving forward, while simultaneously embracing the human capacity for vulnerability and joy. Anyone who has lost loved ones too soon will find Greenfield's brutal honesty cathartic, and her hard-won progress inspiring. —Publishers Weekly "The book is an evocative portrait of the author's youth and its disruption by her brother's sudden death. There is sadness, to be sure, but Greenfield never opts for easy descriptions: Mourning, for her, is complicated, messy and unpredictable. Her prose, however, is pristine—surefooted and empathetic." —Time Out New York "Beth Greenfield's memoir is a gripping and thoughtful portrait of grief and how it can tear a family apart and bring it back together. …Grief is a messy process and Greenfield captures her own struggle honestly and sharply as she comes of age in the wake of the accident." —AfterEllen.com "It’s such a clear-eyed, heartfelt-but-never-maudlin account of that cataclysmic event and the time that came after, as she and her mother and father raggedly try, and fail, to find comfort. But it’s a hopeful book too, full of grace, as the writer heals by circling back to tell the tale." —Whole Living *I was deeply touched by Ten Minutes from Home. This is a book filled with heart. A courageous book. A necessary book. Ms Greenfield’s story is a testament to love, to family and to survival.* —Alison Smith, author of Name All the Animals "With language poetic and spare, Beth Greenfield mines the tragedies of her life with a humble magnificence. I kept thinking Mary Karr was channeling Hemingway while reading Tens Minutes from Home, and yet Greenfield's hard-earned voice is all her own - witty, courageous, close-to-the-bone. I loved this book, but I am also grateful for it. It broke my heart and then it helped to heal it." —Kevin Sessums, author of Mississippi Sissy Beth Greenfield's devastating memoir chronicles a family reeling after the most awful and arbitrary of losses, the deaths of children. With acute, loving attention, Greenfield shows us how the living, transformed by grief, stagger back toward a renewed life. —Mark Doty, author of Dog Years "This memoir, so astute, clear-eyed, and deeply affecting, is as brave as it is beautiful. With exceptional and unsentimental self-awareness, Greenfield explores what it means to survive trauma and thus to go on living even after those whom we love best have died. This book, so full of love and sorrow, is more than stunning achievement. It is also a victory over what Emily Dickinson termed a "pain so utter" that "it swallows substance up." —Richard McCann, author of Mother of Sorrows "In Ten Minutes from Home, Beth Greenfield beautifully captures the lonely, complex territory of grief while staying true to the perspective of a young girl. This memoir of a family shattered by loss is also a story of resilience and the power of language, as the narrator ventures out into the world and returns to her family, with healing words. " —Elizabeth Graver, author of The Honey Thief	Available Now Order from: :: Amazon :: Borders :: Barnes & Noble :: IndieBound :: Audible

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