This Too Shall Pass [Paperback]

Lori Durante Rardin (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 1, 1999

The book "This Too Shall Pass," subtitled "A hanbook for the emotions of infertility" has helpful tools and ideas for coping with the emotions that sprout from the struggles of infertility. The book will also educate an uneducated society about infertility, as well as help family members to understand what their infertile loved ones are going through.

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About the Author

Lori Durante Rardin struggled with infertility for 6 years herself. She has put her many years of writing experience into use to hold others hands while going through infertility. She is speaking at infertility support groups, and has been on local TV talk shows regarding her book, and the subject of infertility. Ms. Rardin hopes that one day infertility will no longer be thought of as something to be ashamed of, but rather, a courageous spiritual journey to be embraced and conquered. Ms. Rardin intends to expand her message outward to the world.

Product Details

• Paperback: 104 pages
• Publisher: Chasing Rainbows Publications (December 1, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967637708
• ISBN-13: 978-0967637709
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 5 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,545,840 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for infertile women and couples, October 9, 2002

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Debbie (NY United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Too Shall Pass (Paperback)

First, I want to say the cover and illustrations are beautiful and bring a sense of calm just looking at them. Second, from the very beginning of the book I sobbed. Sobbed in a good way, it was like a release. When you wrote about Sharon's
dream, of course I identified, but when you mentioned the "amputation" scenario demonstrating just how far some of us would go to have a baby, I lost it. That point was SO POWERFUL. That's when I began to cry. You really brought it home there. After a short while my husband came into the room. At that point we were kind of reading it together. He had know choice as I kept nudging him saying, "Look at this. This is exactly what we went through." We identified with page after page. Some of it was so painful, because it reacquainted me with that rough period of my life, but in another way it brought peace in recalling just how hard I've tried to have a baby. I have comfort in knowing *I've tried almost everything.* Also, I agree and like your "twelve step" concept. So easy to understand and implement. As women we've been programmed, since childhood, to a certain way of thinking. Your twelve steps help us to reprogram and help us accept our, unexpected, childfree way of life. I find your suggestions invaluable.

Last, but not least, I enjoyed your poetry. It was beautiful! I was especially touched by the poems- * Unmade Memories, Absence Of Bliss, and Love And Prayers,* both my husband and I cried while reading them. Your heart is very beautiful, and I respect and appreciate your vulnerability. I'm sure that wasn't easy. Thank you for exposing yourself to help people like me.

10 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome--the first book to make me cry!, October 1, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: This Too Shall Pass (Paperback)

I have read all the technical infertility books out there--and not shed a tear. This book so capably covers the emotions that are buried during infertility, and made the pain finally surface for me. Wonderful poetry and heartfelt emotion make this book a must read. There simply is nothing else out there like it.

Bitter? Yes, we who are going through infertility ARE bitter. If you have gone through a few years of it you would understand. That's why Lori's poetry is so powerful. After bitterness comes acceptance. If you don't get the anger up it will eat you and your marriage alive.

Great little poem "For The Fertile World" which you can share w/friends and relatives who don't know how to handle this.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A good resource for the emotions of infertility, July 4, 2000

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Kathleen Coleman (Grapevine, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: This Too Shall Pass (Paperback)

I found this book short and easy to read; and very helpful in dealing with the emotional components of infertility. Regardless of what your final outcome is (having a biological child, adopting, remaining childfree)--the situations people face during infertility are all too similar and all too painful. The author, through her poems and writings, really spoke to many of my own feelings. There are lots of books about treatment of infertility and the various options, but this is the only one I have found that deals with the emotional aspect in a specific manner. I recently gave it to a friend who was experiencing secondary infertility and she found it very helpful. Families who have a family member going through infertility can read this and gain a real perspective on what the couple is going through.