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    To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity
    To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity
    To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity
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    To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity

    By L.M. Browning

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    In this career-defining work that eventually went on to become a TEDx Talk at Yale University, Browning explores the breaking point every mind has after finding her own limit during a gauntlet of traumatic events. Pulled out of this blast-crater moment in her life by a friend, she is brought away from the insanity and deep into the snowy Sangre de Cristo Mountains where, standing in front of a herd of wild buffalo, she comes face to face with the terms we all must come to surrounding the loss we face in this life. Offering no answers and seeking no pity, Browning lays herself bare in this radically authentic offering. She carries restricted subjects such as miscarriage, mental illness, and suicide out of the silence by offering her own private journey as an example of the power of transcendence.


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLittle Bound Books
    Release dateJun 22, 2018
    ISBN9781938846311
    To Lose the Madness: Field Notes on Trauma, Loss and Radical Authenticity
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    L.M. Browning

    L.M. Browning is a TEDx talker, photojournalist, and the award-winning author of twelve titles. She grew up in the small fishing village of Stonington, Connecticut. In her writing, Browning explores the confluence of the natural landscape and the interior landscape. She holds an Associates degree in Philosophy and a Bachelor or Arts from Harvard University focusing on English, Psychology, and Digital Media. Over the last ten years of her career, she has served on the Board of the Independent Book Publisher’s Association and is a Fellow with the International League of Conservation Writers. In 2011, she founded Homebound Publications and its divisions, which has gone on to become a leading independent publisher in the country. A vagabond, Leslie’s seasonal basecamp can be found in the Berkshire Mountains & Northampton, MA areas. When not writing, or publishing the work of indie authors, she is roaming the mountains . . . which are ever-calling.

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