{"product_id":"find-the-helpers-what-911-and-parkland-taught-me-about-recovery-purpose-and-hope-grief-recovery-9781642505351","title":"Find the Helpers: What 9\/11 and Parkland Taught Me about Recovery, Purpose, and Hope (Grief Recovery)","description":"\u003cstrong\u003e#1 Bestseller ─ Overcoming Grief Through the Humanity of Others\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFred Guttenberg loved watching Mr. Rogers with his daughter and his son when they were little. Their favorite piece of wisdom was: In the midst of tragedy and catastrophe, find the helpers.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Always look for the helpers. There will always be helpers. Because if you look for the helpers, you'll know there's hope.\" --Fred Rogers, interview with Television Academy, 1999\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLife changed forever on Valentine's Day 2018.\u003c\/strong\u003e What was to be a family day celebrating love turned into a nightmare. Thirty-four people were shot at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida. Jaime Guttenberg, a fourteen-year-old with a huge heart, was the second to last victim. That she and so many of her fellow students were struck down in cold blood galvanized many to action, including Jaime's father Fred who has become an activist dedicated to passing common sense gun safety legislation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFred was already struggling with deep personal loss.\u003c\/strong\u003e Four months earlier his brother Michael died of 9\/11 induced pancreatic cancer. He had been exposed to so much dust and chemicals at Ground Zero, the damage caught up with him. Michael battled heroically for nearly five years and then died at age fifty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis book is not about gun safety or Parkland.\u003c\/strong\u003e Instead, \u003cem\u003eFind the Helpers\u003c\/em\u003e tells the story of Fred Guttenberg's journey since Jaime's death and how he has been able to get through the worst of times thanks to the kindness and compassion of others. Good things happen to good people at the hands of other good people─and the world is filled with them. They include everyone from amazing gun violence survivors Fred has met around the country to former VP Joe Biden, who spent time talking to him about finding mission and purpose in learning to grieve.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you have read books such as \u003cem\u003eEyes to the Wind\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eHaben\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Beauty in Breaking\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Book of Rosy\u003c\/em\u003e, or \u003cem\u003eWe Are Not Here to Be Bystanders\u003c\/em\u003e, then you'll love \u003cem\u003eFind the Helpers\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mango\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/22\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781642505351\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 198\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.60w x 0.80d","brand":"Fred Guttenberg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36664224120988,"sku":"9781642505351","price":16.96,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_6304bcca-7d8d-443b-9c94-32f24183abc7.jpg?v=1603906114","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/find-the-helpers-what-911-and-parkland-taught-me-about-recovery-purpose-and-hope-grief-recovery-9781642505351","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}