Where The Water Meets The Sand
by Tyra Manning
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Pub Date May 10 2016 | Archive Date May 31 2016
Greenleaf Book Group | Greenleaf Book Group Press
Description
IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award GOLD Winner in Autobiography & Memoir
A remarkable story of love, loss, and hope
Author Tyra Manning learned that her husband had been killed in the Vietnam War from her psychiatrist at the Menninger Clinic, where she had been hospitalized for clinical depression. After years of battling addiction and depression, and coping with the tragic loss of her father at a very early age, Tyra's worst fear had come true. Larry had been shot down over the Laotian jungle while flying a top-secret mission, just two weeks before their daughter’s second birthday.
In this beautifully written, poignant memoir, Tyra Manning recounts how she was able to persevere in the face of devastating loss. With courage, love, and determination, she overcame her grief and fulfilled promises she made to Larry before he left for Vietnam. She ultimately earned a doctorate of education from the University of Kansas and became one of the nation’s top school superintendents.
When Tyra received a call from the air force in 2006, she was able to keep one last promise to Larry. His remains had finally been excavated after thirty-five years, and she was able to honor his wish to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Where the Water Meets the Sand explores themes of loss, depression, addiction, courage, and love and offers hope to individuals and families who have also dealt with the loss of someone close to them.
A remarkable story of love, loss, and hope
Author Tyra Manning learned that her husband had been killed in the Vietnam War from her psychiatrist at the Menninger Clinic, where she had been hospitalized for clinical depression. After years of battling addiction and depression, and coping with the tragic loss of her father at a very early age, Tyra's worst fear had come true. Larry had been shot down over the Laotian jungle while flying a top-secret mission, just two weeks before their daughter’s second birthday.
In this beautifully written, poignant memoir, Tyra Manning recounts how she was able to persevere in the face of devastating loss. With courage, love, and determination, she overcame her grief and fulfilled promises she made to Larry before he left for Vietnam. She ultimately earned a doctorate of education from the University of Kansas and became one of the nation’s top school superintendents.
When Tyra received a call from the air force in 2006, she was able to keep one last promise to Larry. His remains had finally been excavated after thirty-five years, and she was able to honor his wish to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.
Where the Water Meets the Sand explores themes of loss, depression, addiction, courage, and love and offers hope to individuals and families who have also dealt with the loss of someone close to them.
Advance Praise
"...the reader of this gripping book will go away with clearer appreciation that it was not only the armed services members who fought in Viet Nam…but also many loved ones at home who suffered as well." – Nolan Brohaugh, MSW (retired), The Menninger Clinic
"Where the Water Meets the Sand tells her true story of recovery and how this ordinary woman summoned a hidden inner strength to survive, and to welcome home the remains of her husband more than 35 years after his loss. Anyone who must “pull out of a dive” to survive must read this book. It may save one more life." – Colonel James Larry Greer (USAF, retired)
"Where the Water Meets the Sand is a wrenchingly personal story of devastating loss. Richly detailed, brutally honest, and vulnerable, this memoir traces one woman’s struggle to reclaim her belief in herself and in the world around her. Without hyperbole, Manning presents recollections which are simultaneously recognizable and unimaginable." – Coleen Grissom, Ph.D, Professor of English, Trinity University
“Where The Water Meets the Sand is a touching memoir showing the remarkable resilience of a young wife and mother fighting for order in her life, while her husband is fighting in Viet Nam – an ocean away. Tyra’s true story will move you deeply as she reaches deep inside herself to overcome unbelievable odds.” – Naomi Fisher, USAF Nurse Corps, 366th USAF Dispensary, Da Nang, RVN, 1970-1971
"Manning’s clear, honest voice is unflinching. Her love story, though tragic, is uplifting and beautifully told. Scenes with her young husband make him so alive and real for the reader that his loss is heartbreaking. Themes of love, death and redemption reoccur throughout, like waves washing to shore. Manning lives bravely, letting life do what it does. Despite the hardships she faced, she has made something beautiful out of pain. Her resilience is inspiring, her story exquisite and not to be missed." – Lisa Shatto Glasgow, author of the upcoming novel, The Book of Magnificent Things
"Where the Water Meets the Sand tells her true story of recovery and how this ordinary woman summoned a hidden inner strength to survive, and to welcome home the remains of her husband more than 35 years after his loss. Anyone who must “pull out of a dive” to survive must read this book. It may save one more life." – Colonel James Larry Greer (USAF, retired)
"Where the Water Meets the Sand is a wrenchingly personal story of devastating loss. Richly detailed, brutally honest, and vulnerable, this memoir traces one woman’s struggle to reclaim her belief in herself and in the world around her. Without hyperbole, Manning presents recollections which are simultaneously recognizable and unimaginable." – Coleen Grissom, Ph.D, Professor of English, Trinity University
“Where The Water Meets the Sand is a touching memoir showing the remarkable resilience of a young wife and mother fighting for order in her life, while her husband is fighting in Viet Nam – an ocean away. Tyra’s true story will move you deeply as she reaches deep inside herself to overcome unbelievable odds.” – Naomi Fisher, USAF Nurse Corps, 366th USAF Dispensary, Da Nang, RVN, 1970-1971
"Manning’s clear, honest voice is unflinching. Her love story, though tragic, is uplifting and beautifully told. Scenes with her young husband make him so alive and real for the reader that his loss is heartbreaking. Themes of love, death and redemption reoccur throughout, like waves washing to shore. Manning lives bravely, letting life do what it does. Despite the hardships she faced, she has made something beautiful out of pain. Her resilience is inspiring, her story exquisite and not to be missed." – Lisa Shatto Glasgow, author of the upcoming novel, The Book of Magnificent Things
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| ISBN | 9781626342729 |
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