The Night Lake: A Young Priest Maps the Topography of Grief
Written by Liz Tichenor
Narrated by Caroline Slaughter
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About this audiobook
Liz Tichenor has taken her newborn son, five weeks old, to the doctor, from a cabin on the shores of Lake Tahoe. She is sent home to her husband and two-year-old daughter with the baby, who is pronounced "fine" by an urgent care physician. Six hours later, the baby dies in their bed. Less than a year and a half before, Tichenor's mother jumped from a building and killed herself after a long struggle with alcoholism. As a very young Episcopal priest, Tichenor has to "preach the Good News," to find faith where there is no hope, but she realizes these terrible parts of her own life will join her in the pulpit.
The Night Lake is the story of finding a way forward through tragedies that seem like they might be beyond surviving and of carving out space for the slow labor of learning to live again, in grief.
Editor's Note
Test of beliefs…
For Liz Tichenor, an Episcopal priest, the suicide of her alcoholic mother, followed by the death of her newborn baby, was the darkest period of her life and a test of her beliefs. This memoir from Tichenor explores those struggles with her faith, her family, and her sobriety as she navigates this trying period.
Liz Tichenor
LIZ TICHENOR has put down roots in the Bay Area but is originally from New Hampshire and the Midwest. An Episcopal priest, she serves as rector at the Episcopal Church of the Resurrection, Pleasant Hill, California. Tichenor and her husband, Jesse, are raising two young children and continuing to explore the adventure of living, parenting, and serving in their community.
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Reviews for The Night Lake
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- Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5Sorry a bit too dramatic. I understand that grief is horrible, but she is going about it in such a morbid way. Very disturbing. Frozen placenta? What the heck is that about??? Ewwww