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A high achiever, Mandy has a loving husband, a home mortgage, and a lucrative career by her late twenties-everything expected of a good Midwestern girl. But when an abusive new boss triggers buried childhood shame, she becomes bedbound by depression. Decades earlier, her doting mother dropped dead, as her crass father puts it. Her rebellious brother was her only comfort in their emotionally-suppressive blended-family home. Then he abandoned her, too. Frustrated that she's not yet over her losses, Mandy tries everything she can think of to save her job, her relationships, and herself: penpalling, online shopping, psychotherapy, running... Then tragedy strikes a second time. Both heartbreaking and hilarious, I Killed Mom and Other Lies is a candid memoir of Mandy's journey through grief, old and new. It provides insights into early parent loss while reminding us how to feel joy, no matter what we lose along the way.

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9781736285411

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"""Mandy Kubicek's work deftly explores both the intensity of life's struggles and the lightness of its possibilities. She's a sheer joy to read."" -Hope Edelman, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Motherless Daughters and The Aftergrief ""Wonderful, poignant account of life after early loss and its repercussions."" -Laura Joyce-Hubbard, award-winning author ""For anyone who's experienced the loss of a loved one as a child, this is a must-read."" -Matthew Brand"

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Mandy Kubicek is a software product manager, Certified Life Coach, and author of My Tender Loving Self-Care Journal: The Workbook that Makes Self-Care Easy.A lifelong learner and navel-gazer, Mandy has trained with Martha Beck (aka Oprah's life coach) and Byron Katie. She holds an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis and a BS from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. She's been writing creative nonfiction since the classroom gossip column she started on a chalkboard during indoor recess.Known for her insightful questions and giant salads, Mandy lives in downtown Omaha, Nebraska. Learn more at www.coachkubicek.com.

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