BONDO
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A Divine Comedy
about Love after Loss
If you say yes to everything,
will you find love again?
After the unexpected death of his wife, author Bruce Miller faced a stark choice: Sink into the quicksand of despair or use the loss as a springboard to test a loving universe.
A Memoir by Bruce Miller
BONDO: A Divine Comedy about Love after Loss
Bruce vows to say yes to every invite and opportunity, big and small. His grief journey quickly evolves into a madcap quest in search of love. In the process, he discovers Bondo, the mythical ingredient for human intimacy.
Friends, therapists, and teachers prop Bruce’s spirit as he questions the purpose of living, but it’s only when he enlists the Borscht Belt comedian Henny Youngman as his spirit guide that he realizes, “Your highest work comes from the darkest places.”
Bruce has immersed himself in Eastern and Western spiritual traditions, teachers, and practices for fifty years. His grief journey put them all to the test. After finding Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s stages of grief to be useless for survivors, Bruce sought to write the definitive book on reinvention after loss – one that strikes a balance between pathos and humor, science and mysticism.
Bruce is a professional writer, author, marketer, and screenwriter. He is also a Whirling Dervish and the author of Rumi Comes to America. In this real-time memoir, Bruce draws from a richly lived spiritual journey to uncover the mysteries of grace, human connection, and eternal love.
- 315 pages
- Lavishly illustrated
“This prose is devouring me. How is it that no one has read this yet? It feels like unveiling a mysterious work of art.”
“Thank you for this. I’ve been navigating these paths for three months now, and I’m desperately afraid. It’s as if I could WILL him back. But I cannot. Nor can I accept. I haven’t reached that point. Thank you for writing these missives. I think of all the supposed truisms about the heart — the heart is a lonely hunter.”
“Oh, Bruce, I feel your longing and your experiences of stillness and connection. Thank you for your deep sharing.”
“Aww, wow, Bruce, I am not even halfway through this chapter, and jesus christ, what a heartfelt no-exit ride down an energetic rapid.”
“Once again, a heart-rending narrative of the love and struggle of a lifetime. Christ almighty that was powerful!”
“You are doing beautifully, writing, scrapbooking, researching, and mining grief in this gorgeous way. Love it.”
“This is totally brill.”
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