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The Place Between Our Pains: A Memoir of What Joy Can Survive Fatherhood But on the eve ofA poetic, darkly funny memoir of one womans trip across the national parks straight into life threatening illness and the joy that still holds us, no matter how much life hurts. Unapologetically raw, defiantly humorous, this book is the bravest of journeys. . . . A memoir that makes no promises except to tell the truth about joy in the dark. Weve needed this.Cole Arthur Riley, New York Times bestselling author of This Here Flesh After over a decade of