{"product_id":"strong-enough-9798997143213","title":"Strong Enough","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn Strong Enough, Kiri delivers a deeply intimate, lyrical memoir reflecting on eighteen years spent raising her two sons, Tanner and Caleb, following their diagnosis with cystic fibrosis. Moving away from standard linear storytelling, Roeseler crafts a raw, honest tapestry that captures the true interior landscape of a caregiver's heart - a space shaped by hospital rooms, unrelenting treatment schedules, and the quiet, crushing fear that accompanies a life-threatening illness. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith fierce vulnerability and poetic precision, Strong Enough pulls back the curtain on the invisible emotional labor of chronic caregiving. It explores the subtle, terrifying moment a mother realizes she has slowly dissolved into the medical needs of her children, along with the difficult, essential journey of reclaiming her own identity. How do you hold onto your sense of self when your entire life is structured around keeping your children alive? What happens when those children grow into adulthood, and you are forced to confront the quiet empty space left behind?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTender, devastating, and unexpectedly funny in its moments of grace, this memoir doesn't offer neat, wrapped-up answers or empty platitudes about resilience. Instead, it offers a real, unvarnished mirror for anyone who has ever loved someone through a chronic illness, navigated medical trauma, or fought to discover who they are in the shadow of relentless caregiving. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStrong Enough is a moving testament to maternal love, the messy practice of grace, and the quiet courage it takes to rebuild a life when the storm finally begins to settle.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Chicory and Thorn Press, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798997143213\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.53d","brand":"Kiri Roeseler","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53273386549429,"sku":"9798997143213","price":14.44,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9798997143213.jpg?v=1789485416","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/strong-enough-9798997143213","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}