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Paperback The Earth for a Star: Finding Meaning When a Loved One Dies Book

ISBN: B0F1LQJPFN

ISBN13: 9798313934235

The Earth for a Star: Finding Meaning When a Loved One Dies

The Earth for a Star: Finding Meaning When a Loved One Dies is an intimate book that reveals the emotions a daughter experiences as she slowly and painfully bids her mother goodbye. Through poems, letters, memories of her childhood, and stories of the last days with her mother and those after her death - all texts in Spanish and English - Luz Marina Villeda introduces us to those heartbreaking moments when we are aware that we are about to lose a loved one, or when they are no longer there, and the emptiness accompanies us. In its pages, the Guatemalan writer honors her mother and allows us to meet a valuable woman, like many others who have sacrificed themselves to raise their children alone. In addition, she reflects on life and death, looking for answers and expressing her questions.

"Maybe because I'm going through a similar grief - the loss of my sister and the fact that I live so far from my homeland and didn't have the opportunity to say goodbye to her - or because of the simplicity and depth of her texts," said Uruguayan writer and journalist Lorena Brown, "this book has touched me deeply. A few tears dried on its pages. Crying is part of the grieving process - whatever our loss - but also remembering both the beautiful and the painful moments. And this book, an ode to a mother, is full of memories that will move the reader in one way or another.

With this awkward way of loving
you know that I love you
and love hurts.

It hurts not to have that loved one anymore, not to have said or hugged enough, because when you love, you can always say 'I love you' one more time or hug again. Luz Marina Villeda has embraced her mother once again with this book."

LA TIERRA POR ESTRELLA: ENCONTRANDO SENTIDO CUANDO MUERE UN SER QUERIDO es un libro ntimo que refleja las emociones que atraviesa una hija en la despedida lenta y dolorosa de su madre. A trav s de poemas, cartas, memorias de su infancia y relatos de los ltimos d as con su mam y los posteriores a su muerte -todos los textos en espa ol e ingl s-, Luz Marina Villeda nos introduce en esos momentos desgarradores, cuando somos conscientes de que estamos a punto de perder al ser amado, o cuando ya no est y el vac o nos acompa a. En sus p ginas, la escritora guatemalteca honra a su madre y a la vez nos permite conocer a una valiosa mujer, como tantas otras que se han sacrificado por criar a sus hijos solas. Adem s, reflexiona sobre la vida y la muerte, buscando respuestas y expresando sus interrogantes.

"Tal vez porque estoy atravesando un duelo similar -la p rdida de mi hermana y el hecho de vivir tan lejos de mi tierra y no haber tenido la oportunidad de despedirme de ella- o por la simplicidad y profundidad de sus textos", dijo la escritora y periodista uruguaya Lorena Brown, "es que este libro me ha llegado profundamente. Algunas l grimas se secaron en sus p ginas. El llanto es parte del proceso de duelo -sea cual sea nuestra p rdida-, pero tambi n recordar tanto los momentos bellos como los dolorosos. Y este libro, una oda a una madre, est repleto de recuerdos que, de una forma u otra, emocionar n al lector.

Con esta forma torpe de amar
t sabes que te quiero
y duele el amor.

Duele ya no tener a ese ser amado, duele no haber dicho o abrazado suficiente, porque cuando se ama, siempre se puede decir 'te quiero' una vez m s o abrazar otra vez. Luz Marina Villeda ha abrazado a su madre una vez m s con este libro".

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