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It is a courageous self-reflection-simultaneously heart rending and affirming of the meaning and beauty possible from a life of caring deeply.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e- Ritch Addison, PhD, Clinical Professor, UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine; Behavioral Medicine Director, Santa Rosa Family Medicine Residency\u003cbr\u003e Coeditor, \u003ci\u003eEntering the Circle: Hermeneutic Investigations in Psychology\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhen the worst happens, what holds us together? Scheingold probes the depths of loss and finds in it a space for art, love, reflection, and the fiercely energetic life of the mind. 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