“Afrankchronicleofhealing.“--KirkusReviewsWhathappenswhenatraumatherapististraumatizedbyloss?EsteemedtraumatherapistMeghanRiordanJarvisknewhowtohelpherpatientsprocessgrief.Fornearlytwentyyears,Meghanexpectedthatthisclinicaltrainingwouldinoculateheragainsttheeffectsofpersonaltrauma.Butwhenherfatherdiedafterayear-longbattlewithcancer,followedbyhermother’sunexpectedpassingwhileontheirfamilyvacation,shecameundone.Thrownintoamaelstromofgrief,withlong-buriedchildhoodtragedyrisingtothesurface,Meghanknewwhatshehadtodo―checkherselfintothesametraumafacilitytowhichsheoftensentherclients.Intreatment,tradingthetherapist’schairforthepatient’scouch,Meghantookherfirststepstowardhealing.Abravestoryofconfrontinglife’shardestmomentswithemotionalhonesty,EndoftheHourisforanyonewhohasexperiencedtheunpredictable,lastingpowerofgrief―andwonderedhowthey’devergetthroughit.
