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Never Better
essays
by Danielle Oubeck

Overview


Being widowed at 33 can really ruin Thursdays for you. Relatable and irreverent, Danielle shares vignettes showcasing the messiness of life, love, and loss. An honest look into an imperfect marriage ending in tragedy and the obstacles life throws our way without warning. When Danielle's husband Andrew dies in a work related accident, she begins to reconstruct her life and herself. Meeting grief with sarcasm, she examines single parenthood during the pandemic, dogs with mental health issues, and the never-ending battle of irritable bowels. Heartbreaking and humorous, Danielle reflects on her new life after loss and asks, does the fear of vulnerably oversharing keep us from truly connecting while we're alive?
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Description


Danielle Oubeck is a writer, nurse, mother, and now, a widow. At 33, she loses her husband Andrew to a tragic work-related accident. As the grief of losing Andrew rips apart her life, she takes the opportunity to begin to rebuild herself. With the help of her family, friends, and the most patient therapist on the planet, Danielle sets out to learn how to live authentically and unapologetically as herself. Moving through the dark moments of life: negative self-image, trauma, and thoughts of self-harm, she wages war against her own self-defensive nature to find the beauty and humor in human connection and learns how to live again.
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About the author


Danielle is a writer, widow, & an overly observant mess with tattoos that probably will not age well. She resides in Michigan with her daughter KG and multiple dogs. Follow her on Instagram @danielleoubeck.
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Book details

Genre:FAMILY & RELATIONSHIPS

Subgenre:Death, Grief, Bereavement

Language:English

Pages:152

Paperback ISBN:9781667888880


Overview


Being widowed at 33 can really ruin Thursdays for you. Relatable and irreverent, Danielle shares vignettes showcasing the messiness of life, love, and loss. An honest look into an imperfect marriage ending in tragedy and the obstacles life throws our way without warning. When Danielle's husband Andrew dies in a work related accident, she begins to reconstruct her life and herself. Meeting grief with sarcasm, she examines single parenthood during the pandemic, dogs with mental health issues, and the never-ending battle of irritable bowels. Heartbreaking and humorous, Danielle reflects on her new life after loss and asks, does the fear of vulnerably oversharing keep us from truly connecting while we're alive?

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Description


Danielle Oubeck is a writer, nurse, mother, and now, a widow. At 33, she loses her husband Andrew to a tragic work-related accident. As the grief of losing Andrew rips apart her life, she takes the opportunity to begin to rebuild herself. With the help of her family, friends, and the most patient therapist on the planet, Danielle sets out to learn how to live authentically and unapologetically as herself. Moving through the dark moments of life: negative self-image, trauma, and thoughts of self-harm, she wages war against her own self-defensive nature to find the beauty and humor in human connection and learns how to live again.

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About the author


Danielle is a writer, widow, & an overly observant mess with tattoos that probably will not age well. She resides in Michigan with her daughter KG and multiple dogs. Follow her on Instagram @danielleoubeck.
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