The Journey of Losing a Soulmate to C..., Carla Malden
The Journey of Losing a Soulmate to C..., Carla Malden
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The Journey of Losing a Soulmate to Cancer

Author: Carla Malden

Narrator: Justine Willis Toms

Unabridged: 57 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/06/2012


Synopsis

When you lose someone, well-meaning people give you books full of supposedly uplifting platitudes: “time heals all wounds;” “there is a purpose to this;” “you will find closure.” But, as non-religious baby-boomer Carla Malden says, she found them useless. She shares the highs and lows, sparing nothing in her truth-telling. You will be inspired by her candor and clarity as she speaks about her experience of living through the debilitating disease and death of her husband and work partner. She likens this time in her life to being strapped in a roller coaster that you never bought a ticket for, “You can do nothing but hold on. There are weeks where you are plummeting and weeks where you feel hopeful and things are on the rise.” This conversation explores the zigzagging emotions of living with a loved one who is battling a life threatening illness, as well as moving into widowhood. (hosted by Justine Willis Toms)

About Carla Malden

Raised in Los Angeles, Carla Malden began her career working in motion picture production and development before becoming a screenwriter.

Along with her father, Academy Award-winning actor Karl Malden, she coauthored his critically acclaimed memoir When Do I Start?

More recently, Malden published Afterimage: A Brokenhearted Memoir of a Charmed Life, her own fiercely personal account of battling the before and surviving the after of losing her first husband to cancer. Afterimage is a journey through grief to gratitude that alerts an entire generation: this is not your mother's widowhood.

Carla's feature writing has appeared in the Los Angeles Times, highlighting the marvels and foibles of Southern California and Hollywood. She sits on the Board of the Geffen Playhouse. Shine Until Tomorrow is her second novel.

Carla Malden lives in Brentwood with her husband and is ten minutes (depending on traffic) from her daughter.


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