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The Unbroken: A Firefighter's Memoir

The Unbroken: A Firefighter's Memoir

Yohannes, Lori
Serbic, Steve
Chapple, Eve

Hardcover

Biographies GeneralMental Health

Publisher Price: $29.99

ISBN10: 1525598872
ISBN13: 9781525598876
Publisher: FriesenPress
Published: Apr 7 2021
Pages: 198
Weight: 0.99
Height: 0.63 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When a series of traumatic calls on the job as a firefighter leaves Steve shaken and unable to recover, he, reluctantly at first, seeks out clinical counselling. His one rule, I won't talk about my childhood, closes the door on several therapists, until he meets one who is willing to respect his wishes-providing he explores his childhood on his own. When Steve begins to reflect on his past, he also begins to write it all down. The good, and the terrible.

Those written words are here.

Growing up in a fractured family rocked by addiction and trauma, Steve had to learn how to understand life, and death, on his own. As a self-described street rat on Boundary Road in East Vancouver, Steve caused trouble when it wasn't already following him around. Struggling in school, at home, and in countless fights, he navigated his way through adolescence with the help of his father, and pursued his dream of becoming a firefighter. While realizing that dream, he is forced to confront the demons of his past and the reality of post-traumatic stress injury. Through clinical counselling he is able to release his past and find the power of self-acceptance and vulnerability. The Unbroken is the memoir of one firefighter, his family, trauma, and resilience. Most importantly it is a story that teaches all of us, no matter our situation, that life is school, and the subject is ourself, our life habits, thoughts, and our reactions to them. And that sometimes it is okay to not be okay.

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