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Book Details:

Book Title:  And She Was Never the Same Again: A Multigenerational Memoir by Natasha Pryde Trujillo Ph.D.
Category:  Adult Non-Fiction 18 yrs +,  285 pages
Genre:  Multigenerational Memoir
Publisher:  Violet Echoes Press
Release date:  April, 2024
Content RatingPG-13: discusses trauma, near-death experiences, grief

 

“Dr. Trujillo has done an exceptional job of opening her life of grief and loss for her audience to experience. The intentional nature in which this book is written provides a welcome comfort of hope. Her words encourage her audience to look at those ‘isms’ we humans all own and instead of wanting to avoid seeing them, to look at them and learn how to navigate and accept; especially when it is too late to share those sentiments when you could have.” —Feathered Quill Book Reviews

Book Description:

And She Was Never the Same Again is about you. It is about your family and your friends, everyone you’ve ever met, and all the strangers you have yet to meet.

It takes you on a journey of gains and losses that stretch generations, cultures, identities, and decades of time. It awakens you to the inevitable and makes you look at things most people want to avoid seeing. It explores near-death experiences; medical, individual, and intergenerational trauma; the stigmatized death of a partner; perfectionism; athletics; first loves; and the gaping holes that become permanent fixtures within us when those we love the most die.

​You will feel, you will learn, you will grown, and you will never be the same again.

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MY REVIEW

I wept while reading the author’s words in her multigenerational memoir of life and death. Of grief and still foraging on. The world waits for no one. Having felt grief of my own, her words struck deep. The tears flowed. My eyes cleared and the good memories surfaced.

While I found parts of the book painful, as they brought up memories, I thought how much more painful it was for Natasha Pryde Trujillo. And I’m thankful she shared with me.

I never used to read nonfiction or memoirs. When I dipped my toes in the unfamiliar waters, I was glad I did. And I was glad I read And She Was Never The Same Again.

4 STARS

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Can you explain the concept of “grief work” and its significance in the healing process?

To me, grief work simply means the opposite of avoiding or distracting from the pain and suffering of loss that is inevitable in life. It doesn’t need to be intensely structured or scheduled work; instead, it is a process. It is multifaceted and takes place both in isolation and with others. It is the idea of being with the grief, of exploring how it has affected your mind, body, and spirit. It is acknowledging the complexity of emotions and experiencing the rollercoaster that has no clear linear path from start to finish. It suspends the notion of an endpoint altogether because people who really engage in meaningful grief work know that it won’t ever go away, but it is something we learn to live with, grow around, and explore how it takes up different spaces in our lives over time. I am not sure that I love the idea of a “healing process” because, again, with some losses, you never return to a fully healed state. To imply so takes away from the whole premise of grief work, which is that it is part of the human experience that lasts our entire lifetimes. We figure out ways to move forward and adapt, but that doesn’t mean we heal completely, and that is okay.

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Meet Author Dr. Trujillo:

Dr. Trujillo is a counseling and sport psychologist, consultant, educator, author, and human. Labels don’t make her better or worse-equipped to deal with inevitable grief throughout life. She’s passionate about the power of storytelling and wanted to illustrate nuanced ways we cope with grief. Like you, she’s had losses and decided risking vulnerability may encourage others to redefine relationships with loss to live more holistic and intentional lives. She hopes this limited collection of stories can build the realization that there’s no “right” way to grieve.

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