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Author Baird, Julia (Julia Woodlands), author.

Title Phosphorescence : a memoir of finding joy when the world goes dark / Julia Baird.

Publication Info. New York : Random House, 2021.
©2020

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Location Call No. Status
 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  92 BAIRD    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  BIO BAIRD    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Biography  B-BAIRD BAI    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  B BAIRD, J.    Check Shelf
Edition First U.S. edition.
Description xxvii, 290 pages ; 22 cm
Note "Originally published in Australia by Fourth Estate, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers, in 2020." -- Title page verso.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-288).
Summary "After surviving a difficult heartbreak and battle with cancer, Julia Baird began to explore how she and others persevere through the most challenging circumstances life throws at us. She asks: when our world goes dark, when we are overwhelmed by illness or heartbreak, loss or pain, tragedy outside our control, how do we survive, stay alive and even bloom? She went in search of "the magic that will sustain us and fuel the light within - our own phosphorescence ". Phosphorescence can be found in nature - in glow worms, fireflies, flashlight fish, bioluminescent oceans; it is a phenomenon that allows creatures to give off light amidst darkness. Baird writes about the things that lit her way through the darkness: a connection to nature, friendships, her faith, experiencing awe, and other habits that changed her life. She also goes in search of how others nurture their inner light, interviewing the founder of the modern forest therapy movement in Tokyo, a jellyfish scientist in Tasmania, and a tattooed priest from Colorado, among others. Weaving together candid memoir with research and reflections on nature, Baird inspires readers to embrace new habits and adopt a phosphorescent outlook on life, to illuminate our days even in the darkest times"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Baird, Julia (Julia Woodlands) -- Health.
Ovaries -- Cancer -- Patients -- United States -- Biography.
Philosophy of nature.
Hope.
Phosphorescence.
Health. (OCoLC)fst00952743
Hope. (OCoLC)fst00960068
Ovaries -- Cancer -- Patients. (OCoLC)fst01049284
Philosophy of nature. (OCoLC)fst01060845
Phosphorescence. (OCoLC)fst01061432
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Autobiographies.
Essays.
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Other Form: Online version: Baird, Julia, Phosphorescence New York : Random House, 2021. 9780593236918 (DLC) 2020038626
ISBN 9780593236918 (hardcover)
0593236912 (hardcover)
9780593236932 (trade paperback)
0593236939 (trade paperback)
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