The Price of Admission: Embracing a Life of Grief and Joy

On the surface Liz Petrone looks as if she has it all: a family a budding writing career a successful marriage. But like so many women she is desperately lonely. Shes also dealing with the life and death of her alcoholic mother and the ghosts of her own suicidal past.The Price of Admission takes us on a journey with Liz from loss into renewed life. Raw unflinchingly honest and surprisingly funny Liz writes from a universally understood place of struggle whether that is the deep darkness of grief or the hazy yet joyful dimness of demanding everyday lives spent caring for ourselves and our families.Through a combination of personal narrative and common truths Liz provides a timeless reminder to world-weary readers that just as birth follows death light does indeed follow darkness; and that often it is because of our pain--and not despite it--that we grow survive and--yes--thrive.