In the highly anticipated sequel to her award-winning memoir, Daring to Date Again (She Writes Press, 2014), The Sweet Pain of Being Alive
is the second in Ann Anderson Evanss memoir trilogy. It follows her
heartbreaking journey as she seeks to uncover why her beloved husband
killed himself. As her agonizing search deepens, her views on gender,
sex, marriage, right, wrong, good, and bad start to shift.
Ann
Anderson Evans is a fearless, fierce, divine, and wise woman who has
dared to take a huge bite from Eves apple and has the guts to share the
insights, fights, and delights she has met head-on.
M.J. McDermott, Emmy award-winning broadcaster.
This
book reveals a widows gut-wrenching process of scrutiny. In the
aftermath of her beloveds suicide, Ann Anderson Evans asks the
questions all suicide survivors must ask: Why? Was his life really so
bad? How could I have saved him? Futilely searching for answers to this
inexplicable tragedy, Ann has beautifully, painfully dissected her
relationship, her husbands life, and his enduring struggles with
depression and transgenderism. Ann is left to find acceptance and peace
on her own. This is compelling reading.
Leslie Hilburn Fabian, Author of My Husbands a Woman Now: A Shared Journey of Transition and Love.
People
are not always, maybe not ever, what they seem, writes Ann Anderson
Evans. She thought she knew her husband Terry. What she didnt know
the secret he only partially shared and his anguish about not claiming
his authentic self led him to suicide. This book is stark,
unflinching, intensely personal, and powerfully written. I loved the
book, and Im grateful to Ann Anderson Evans for having the courage to
write it.
Joan Price, author of Sex After Grief: Navigating Your Sexuality After Losing Your Beloved.
