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And yes, there were some funny things that happened during the month that he was dying, too, and those moments were as real as the tears were true. And it wasn't just the sadness I needed to get off my chest-it was also the absurdity of it, the total feeling of disbelief. One of the most surprising things I discovered about grief after my dad died last summer is how much I wanted to talk about it.

Through the darkness, she has found her light-and now she has come to hold her lantern out and show the rest of us the way. As a listener, you are struck with the feeling that Etheridge is speaking to you exactly the way she would speak to a dear friend in this deeply spiritual and arrestingly personal memoir, it is clear that she is beyond putting on airs. In her sixties, Etheridge reflects on her exceptional journey with an overwhelming sense of calm, while fluidly weaving her music into the chapters of her life that inspired the songs themselves. This Etheridge has loved and lost repeatedly, battled cancer, and experienced the unimaginable grief of losing a child. This, though, is not the Etheridge that rose to fame in the ‘90s.

Much like the album that skyrocketed the singer-songwriter into global rock-star status, her memoir is composed of strength and hard-won wisdom. Longtime Melissa Etheridge fans will recognize the title of her latest memoir from its namesake song on her wildly successful, Grammy Award-winning album,

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