Seeing Through Tears is a groundbreaking examination of crying behavior and the meaning behind our tears. Drawing from attachment theory and her own original research, Judith Nelson presents an exciting new view of crying as a part of our inborn equipment for establishing and maintaining emotional connections. In a comprehensive look at crying through the life cycle, this insightful volume presents a novel theoretical framework before offering useful and practical advice for dealing with this most fundamental of human behaviors.

"Hell exists. It's here on earth. It's called hatred and racial discrimination, and I saw it with my own eyes during the Tutsi genocide that took place in Rwanda between April and July of 1994. I am one of the few to have escaped such a fate, and the events I am about to relate have been seared into my soul." -- Back cover

Laughing Through the Tears Shortly after Eric Haywood's retirement party, he and Crystal, his wife of twenty-eight years, embark on the first of several trips they planned long before he retired. When they reach their hotel in Las Vegas, both are more excited than two kids on their first trip to Disneyland. But a few hours later their excitement is over-shadowed by Eric's strange and unexpected behavior. Crystal is use to Eric's sometimes funny sometimes crazy antics but this newest episode both angers and alarms her. After returning home to prepare for their next venture, a seven day cruise, Crystal and Eric keep a scheduled appointment with their doctor. Crystal decides to put the episode in Vegas behind them and does not mention it to Dr. Winters. Their cruise proves to be more exciting than they ever dreamed and the two emerge happier and more in love than ever. When they return, Crystal is not prepared for Dr. Winters' diagnosis; Eric has dementia. Crystal refuses to believe that all the years they've spent loving each other and raising their four children will soon be erased from Eric's memory causing their lives to change forever. Crystal goes from a state of frustration and denial to understanding and acceptance. With the help of her children, her best friend Sherry and her next door neighbor Dorothy, Crystal learns to laugh in spite of her tears.

The dreaded knock on the door was not just an irrational parental worry for Becki Reiser. It was her reality. Her beloved daughter was at first missing but shortly thereafter, found brutally murdered. How the Reiser family handled the situation provides readers with an inspiring role model for how to face tragedy with a surprising kind of courage: forgiveness.

In 1961, Dot and Elias Roberts welcomed the birth of their only son, Ricky. Yet, as Ricky entered this world, Satan launched a conspiracy against the Roberts' family. From infancy Ricky suffered a host of medical problems. He experienced frequent convulsions, temporary paralysis, borderline nervous breakdowns, and was diagnosed with severe mental retardation and dyslexia. The public school system turned a blind eye to Ricky's disabilities and passed him from grade to grade even though he couldn't read a word. At night Dot heard her son ask God to heal him. In the morning, she'd find his pillow wet with tears. Frustrated and determined to help her son, Dot had Ricky tested and hired tutors, but to no avail. Ricky could not learn. She pulled him from public school and placed him in a special education class at a private Christian school where he remained until he was sixteen years old. Over the Christmas break in 1977, Ricky attended a tent revival meeting with his parents in Jacksonville, FL. The preacher called Ricky up to the platform and told him, "If your mother will stand on faith and put you in the tenth grade, God will fill in the foundation!" Sixteen-year-old Ricky instantly felt light flooding the dark tunnel of his mind. The next day, Dot called up the school, screaming, "The Lord has healed my boy! Put him in the tenth grade!" The school agreed to have Ricky tested and found he had knowledge of subjects to which he had never been exposed. The school permitted him to enroll in tenth-grade classes on a trial basis. Ricky not only excelled in his studies, he soon began tutoring some of the mainstream students who had once mocked him. In 1981 Ricky graduated with honors near the top of his class. Ricky's healing was complete and instantaneous. To this day, he has kept what God graciously gave him. Today, Dr. Ricky Roberts has several earned doctorate degrees, and a Ph.D. in Old Testament Studies. He graduated summa cum laude with a 4.00 GPA. Ricky is the founder of True Light Ministries, a teaching and healing ministry based in Jacksonville, Florida, and Douglas, Georgia. Behind Dr. Roberts' incredible healing is the story of his mother's anguish, despair, and steely faith. Walk alongside Dot Roberts as she wades through the family tragedies and chaos that Satan used to try and derail her faith and steal God's promises. O eyes, no eyes, but fountains fraught with tears; O life, no life, but lively form of death. -Thomas Kyd

Cartoonists have captured the culture of the nineties. From codependency to adult children to New Age beliefs, American society has proven fertile ground for the growth of the recovered memory movement. Using cartoons as a common thread, Smiling Through Tears is a unique nonfiction book that employs humor to tackle a painful & controversial issue, guiding the reader through a complex web of psychological & social elements that have nurtured one of the nations' most bizarrre moral panics of this century. The public's awareness & perception of the underlying causes of False Memory Syndrome became evident through the parody & satire of one of America's beloved mediums - cartooning. Through the use of mind-altering techniques, misguided therapists have contributed to the devastating damage inflicted upon tens of thousands of families. Smiling Through Tears offers a light & insightful perspective on this psychological drama.

A PEN/JEAN STEIN BOOK AWARD FINALIST ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post • San Francisco Chronicle • NPR • GQ • Time • The Economist • Slate • HuffPost • Book Riot Ghost story, murder mystery, love letter to American music--White Tears is all of this and more, a thrilling investigation of race and appropriation in society today. Seth is a shy, awkward twentysomething. Carter is more glamorous, the heir to a great American fortune. But they share an obsession with music--especially the blues. One day, Seth discovers that he's accidentally recorded an unknown blues singer in a park. Carter puts the file online, claiming it's a 1920s recording by a made-up musician named Charlie Shaw. But when a music collector tells them that their recording is genuine--that there really was a singer named Charlie Shaw--the two white boys, along with Carter's sister, find themselves in over their heads, delving deeper and deeper into America's dark, vengeful heart. White Tears is a literary thriller and a meditation on art--who owns it, who can consume it, and who profits from it.