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Life Between Falls: A Travelogue Through Grief and the Unexpected

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"Life between Falls" is beautifully written by Julie Lange. Despite the tragic events which caused her to lose her youngest son, her father and grandmother within three consecutive years, she is able to inspire the reader by her self-awareness, courage and commitment to healing. As Richard Bach has said "What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly." Julie Lange's true story of transformation is a detailed introspection of embracing the butterfly in all of us!

Just finished reading Life Between Falls. Wow! Author Julie Lange took my breath away many times with her story, strength, pain, poetry, will to thrive and soul passions. This beautifully written book is a blessing about life after the author lost her son at 16 years old and then her father a year later, and other life challenges as well. A torch of hope to those experiencing difficult life challenges and loss. Thank you Julie.

Thank You Julie for being real, open and honest with your process and life experiences around the death of your son. I experienced how you grew and continue to help others in many ways from this loss with Courage, Wisdom and Grace on every page. Having lost a daughter suddenly in 2008 it was helpful to hear another mothers story and see how similar our experiences are around this event. Life is just life and we keep walking the path of transformation and healing. Thank You for reminding us that you never get over the loss of a child, they are with you everyday in a new way.

The author's journey through great moments of grief and the spaces in between is something that most people can relate to, in some way or another. Even if we haven't experienced the same life changing losses that she has, there is so much to be learned from how she moved through the great shifts in her life. I found so much affirming wisdom in her words. The content was amazing and her writing style easy to relate to and enjoy. This book was a pleasure to explore on many levels.

I loved this book. It goes right to the CORE of what it is like to experience grief and loss on a deep level. The author's experience and reaction to losing her son, father, business and money in such a short period of time is truly inspiring. Instead of giving up, she walked through her grief, dared to hope, and ultimately ended up making a positive difference in the world for others. This book is beautifully written and helped me remember what is really important in life...

I bought and read Julie Lange's LIFE BETWEEN FALLS, and hope that all my decisions would be so worthwhile.

Having had many conversations about grief and grieving with my mother who worked as a CSW in a hospice program, and having had to walk that road of loss myself (although, thank heavens, not involving the loss of a beloved child as did Julie), I've been acquainted with the struggle of grieving and its devastation. The term "recovery" has so often been used.

Yet no one "recovers" from a great loss---the person you were before has been changed forever. This is acknowledged in Julie's book. She shows how her journey, while not "successful" in recovering herself, did help her be reborn. Any birthing process is dramatic, and Julie demonstrates how from this drama, by being true to what she experienced and felt, she was born anew, and grew, and made growth happen around her.

Hers is an amazing story, and I believe the truth of every word she has beautifully written. And I will keep this book to remind me that pain can be transformative in a good and bountiful way.

The back cover of this book says it is "a Guidebook for Those Who Grieve." Since I'm one of those, I read it from cover to cover as soon as I received it. I was completely engaged early on, first by the author's opening words: I am no one you ever heard of.....I'm simply a mom who has traveled that dark road every mother dreads above all others-the death of a child"; secondly, by a quote from Walt Whitman about death; and thirdly by the photo of Justin Lange at age 15, that moved me deeply.

Julie Lange's account of her experiences dealing with her son's death and the deaths and losses that followed is incredible. She describes her feelings without apology or self-pity. That someone could survive these terrible traumas and use what she learned to benefit others is very inspiring to me.

This is a story of living through tragedy with honesty and patience. I feel encouraged to go on through my own darkness with this guidebook for light.

Life Between Falls is written as a personal account of how the tight grip of unimaginable grief and loss can gently ease and enfold into us; providing insight, hope, and compassion for all who have at some time lost a part of their heart. Julie's deep understanding of the tender places inside our psyche are reflected in her poignant prose and gently written phrases. A book intended for healing and for reflection, Life Between Falls brings us closer to our own truths of life, love, and ultimately acceptance of ourselves in being whole and complete-even when our whole life is falling completely apart.

Lisa Dahlgren, Ph.D.
Licensed Psychologist

Julie Lange went to some of the darkest depths to reach the highest heights. At any moment any one of us can be blind sighted with horror, grief, financial hardship, loss, lonliness and despiration. Julie used what life gave her and turned it into something beautiful and because of it evolved to leaving a legacy for teenagers, empowering those who hurt and becoming an inspiration to her family and anyone who has the good fortune to meet her through her healing work.

You will finish this book with a new perspective and appreciation for life.

Kelli Calabrese