title: Losing a Parent: Passage to a New Way of Living
author:  Alexandra Kennedy 
description: "Most people will eventually face a parent's death. Kennedy's book can help us prepare for this painful and transformative experience." -- <i>Yoga Journal Nov/Dec 1991</i><br /><br />"This is an extraordinary book, beautifully written, instructive, brimming with insights. . ." -- <i>Natural Health May/June 1992</i><br /><br />"a compelling account. . . might well apply to the ending of any powerful relationship between people who love each other." -- <i>Science of Mind April 1992</i>
zlib_text: For anyone brave enough to believe in the impossible.
  Embrace the wonder.
  
  One
  “Honey, if there was any other way, your mother and I would take you with
  us in a heartbeat.”
  Alexandra Jennings stared out the car window into the dense forest
  and sighed deeply into her phone. “I know, Dad. But it still sucks.”
  “I’m sorry, sweetheart,” came her father’s reply. “But the
  International Exchange Academy is one of the best schools in the
  country. They’ll take good care of you.”
  Alex only just managed to hold back the words that tried to leap
  from her tongue straight down the phone line.
  Take me with you! she wanted to scream. Don’t abandon me!
  That was exactly what it felt like her parents were doing, even if it
  wasn’t their fault. They’d been offered the opportunity to study under
  a famous archaeologist—a once in a lifetime invitation—but there was
  a catch. They couldn’t take anyone with them, which meant Alex was
  being shipped off to a boarding school for the rest of the school year
  —eight wh