Out of Love: Finding Your Way Back to Self-Compassion

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In present-day Los Angeles, Caroline Martin has everything but the thing her soul craves most: a daughter. When she undergoes what is supposed to be a routine hysterectomy, she unwittingly aborts the little girl she's always longed for, leaving the unborn baby's soul in limbo. Sharing a hospital room with Caroline is a pregnant woman who's just been shot by her boyfriend. Her unborn child is barely hanging on--and the soul of Caroline's hovering baby cannot resist the overwhelming urge to rebirth via this unclaimed fetus. In the aftermath of these events, two engaging heavenly guides, working together through sensitive humans, struggle to find an alternate way to help Caroline and her would-be daughter forge the link that was always meant to be between them--before the child's brutal father makes good on his vow to steal the girl and disappear with her forever. By turns comic and tragic, Rachael's Return explores the concept of soul mates, the afterlife, reincarnation, and relationships that never die, even as it offers readers a glimpse of the mysteries that exist within the ordinary and challenges assumptions about the true nature of reality.

Reviews

"In Dancing in the Narrows, Anna's unceasing determination to save her daughter from death or a painful life of chronic illness becomes a long journey of steadfast intuition. This compelling memoir pulls you into an epic search for answers in a medical system where there is limited understanding of chronic Lyme disease, and where both western and alternative medicines are challenged. Amidst fear and exhaustion, as well as the age-old struggle of independence between parent and child, we find humor, road trips, and nature treks. You will undoubtedly be inspired by this story of a woman's life-long focus on wellness."
JJ Virgin, New York Times best-selling author, Warrior Mom

"When her daughter became stricken with a mysterious and debilitating form of Lyme disease, Penenberg set off on a multi-year journey, fueled by a mother's fierceness, taking the lead where Western medicine didn't go. With grace and wisdom, she beautifully grounds the unfathomable in ordinary tasks of daily life. This book is a meditation on courage in the face of the unknowable, and offers solace to others facing the same."
--Cynthia Li, MD, author of Brave New Medicine

Author Bio

Janet Rebhan is the author of the novel Finding Tranquility Base (2012). Born in Texas, she was sixteen when her family moved to Los Angeles, where she graduated from Chatsworth High School before pursuing an acting and modeling career for a number of years. She went on to study creative writing at UCLA and Moorpark College, whereupon her short stories were selected for publication in the Moorpark Review. Rebhan has two grown daughters and currently lives in Agoura Hills, California with her husband, Robert.