And Always One More Time: A Memoir
Margaret Mandell
Every year, more than a million women find themselves grappling with the devastating loss of a life partner—a loss that shatters their present and leaves their future in doubt. At 65, Margaret Mandell faces this heart-wrenching reality when she loses her husband of 45 years to a fast-moving disease. The bed is now half-empty, her body betrays her, and laughter seems elusive.
In the depths of longing and haunted by memories, Mandell embarks on a journey of healing through the written word. She begins to write letters to the man she loved in a poignant process of retracing their shared history. But when a tender-hearted college professor steps quietly into her life and listens attentively as Mandell reads her accumulating stack of letters out loud, her world is transformed in profound and unexpected ways.
And Always One More Time is a story that delves deep into the human experience, reminiscent of C.S. Lewis's A Grief Observed in its wisdom and Joyce Carol Oates's A Widow's Story in its suspense. It offers universal truths about love, loss, and resilience, much like Steve Leder's The Beauty of What Remains. With potent and swift-moving words, this book can be devoured in a single sitting. It is a beacon of hope for those navigating the aftermath of the greatest loss.
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"A moving, insightful, and beautifully crafted story of losing one great love and finding another."
-- Kirkus Reviews
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"Margaret Mandell’s AND ALWAYS ONE MORE TIME is a warm, personable memoir of love, loss, and hope. With both its heartfelt epistolary style and friendly, clear reading reflecting the precise, embodied attention of the author’s lifelong yoga practice, Mandell’s text is a reminder that not only frailty and mortality, but also love, lust, and joy, are ever-present, natural components of the human condition."
--IndieReader (AudioBook)
Duration - 22h 13m.
Author - Margaret Mandell.
Narrator - Margaret Mandell.
Published Date - Friday, 05 January 2024.
Copyright - © 2024 Margaret Mandell ©.
Location:
United States
Description:
Every year, more than a million women find themselves grappling with the devastating loss of a life partner—a loss that shatters their present and leaves their future in doubt. At 65, Margaret Mandell faces this heart-wrenching reality when she loses her husband of 45 years to a fast-moving disease. The bed is now half-empty, her body betrays her, and laughter seems elusive. In the depths of longing and haunted by memories, Mandell embarks on a journey of healing through the written word. She begins to write letters to the man she loved in a poignant process of retracing their shared history. But when a tender-hearted college professor steps quietly into her life and listens attentively as Mandell reads her accumulating stack of letters out loud, her world is transformed in profound and unexpected ways. And Always One More Time is a story that delves deep into the human experience, reminiscent of C.S. Lewis's A Grief Observed in its wisdom and Joyce Carol Oates's A Widow's Story in its suspense. It offers universal truths about love, loss, and resilience, much like Steve Leder's The Beauty of What Remains. With potent and swift-moving words, this book can be devoured in a single sitting. It is a beacon of hope for those navigating the aftermath of the greatest loss. ------ "A moving, insightful, and beautifully crafted story of losing one great love and finding another." -- Kirkus Reviews ------ "Margaret Mandell’s AND ALWAYS ONE MORE TIME is a warm, personable memoir of love, loss, and hope. With both its heartfelt epistolary style and friendly, clear reading reflecting the precise, embodied attention of the author’s lifelong yoga practice, Mandell’s text is a reminder that not only frailty and mortality, but also love, lust, and joy, are ever-present, natural components of the human condition." --IndieReader (AudioBook) Duration - 22h 13m. Author - Margaret Mandell. Narrator - Margaret Mandell. Published Date - Friday, 05 January 2024. Copyright - © 2024 Margaret Mandell ©.
Language:
English
Opening Credits
Duration:00:10:58
Dedication
Duration:00:17:07
Prologue
Duration:20:09:20
A Detour Around My Belly Button
Duration:07:44:29
One Yoga Pose at a Time
Duration:19:12:57
Nineteen Again
Duration:07:40:20
Aroused in Tulum
Duration:05:01:41
Blueberry Kefir
Duration:05:50:24
Tender-Hearted Men Who Snore
Duration:03:22:40
Out of Place in Prague
Duration:25:37:57
Still a Daughter
Duration:15:38:41
The House of Tomorrow
Duration:06:08:50
Still a Mother
Duration:07:02:28
Plus One
Duration:19:57:48
What Mess?
Duration:23:15:22
Love in the Time of Coronavirus
Duration:14:17:48
Truce
Duration:06:14:09
Covid Comes to the Sixth Floor
Duration:02:47:22
Betwixt Sea and Sky
Duration:17:17:44
A Kitchen Tale
Duration:17:25:40
With No Forethought of Grief
Duration:08:51:38
Permission
Duration:06:21:04
With Forethought of Grief
Duration:17:39:08
More Time
Duration:12:49:08
Epilogue
Duration:06:33:37
Acknowledgements
Duration:08:24:34
Ending Credits
Duration:00:20:57