Beyond the Tears (2004) (edit title/settings)

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• Lynnie: main character, protagonist and narrator
• Karen: therapist to main character
• Todd: spouse of main character
• Eric: older brother of main character, son to Frank and Sophia
• Annie: cousin of main character, daughter of Tony and Ruthie
• Holly: step-mother to main character, married to Manny, mother to Heather, who has Down syndrome
• Frank: step-father of main character, married to Sophia, father of Rusty
• Rusty: half-brother of main character, son of Sophia and Frank
• Ruthie: aunt to main character, married to Tony, who is Lynn's mother's brother, mother to Annie
• Manny: biological father of main character; married first to Sophia and had children Lynn and Eric. Then married to Holly, who had child Heather.
• Tony: uncle to main character, brother of Lynn's mother (Sophia), married to Ruthie, father of Annie
• Grandma: Grandmother to main character; Lynn's mother's (Sophia) mother and Tony's mother
• Heather: Half-sister with Down syndrome to main character, daughter of Lynn's step-mother Holly and biological father Manny
• Katie: Add a description of this character.
• Christopher: friend to main character
• Dr. Weingart: psychiatrist for main character
• Diana
• Peter
• Lisa
• Dr. Fernandez: cardiologist for main character
• Henry
• Jenny
• Sally
• Vicki
• Phil
• Carol
• Sophia: mother of main character (Lynn), and Lynn's brothers Eric and Rusty. Married to Manny, then Frank.
• George
• Dr. Griffon
• Sandy
• Mary
• Cathy
• Don
• Joel
• Steve
• Lulu
• Scott
• Megan
• Bo

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• “"It saddens me beyond my tears that love is lost within the fears."”

  Lynn

• “"I was a survivor. I had overcome adversity and endured dysfunction. I lived through ordeals, faced demons and death, and reconstructed myself."”

  Lynn

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• You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face…You must do the thing which you think you cannot do. (Eleanor Roosevelt)

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• Be aware of the behavior needing change, examine the reasons for developing the behavior in the first place, have compassion for the choices made under the circumstances, find new ways to meet the needs, and get support. Set goals in small timeframes, one day, one week, one month, and break down the larger goals into smaller ones. Get rewards along the way.

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• The willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life is the source from which self-respect springs. (Joan Didion)

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• When you can’t remember why you’re hurt, that’s when you’re healed. When you have to work real hard to re-create the pain, and you can’t quite get there, that’s when you’re better. (Jane Fonda)

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• To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything. (Bernadette Devlin)

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• “Forgive yourself by not condemning who you were and by celebrating who you are becoming.”

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• We are free up to the point of choice, then the choice controls the chooser. (Mary Crowley)

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• I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime. (Elisabeth Kubler-Ross)

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• When we are unable to find tranquility within ourselves, it is useless to seek it elsewhere. (La Rochefoucault)

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• Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. (William Jennings Bryan)

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Setting & Locations edit see section history

• Tanglewood Falls: honeymoon/vacation resort
• Pennsylvania: Pocono Mountains
• New Jersey: Passaic, Paterson, Elmwood Park
• Levittown: aka Willingboro
• Arizona: Phoenix, Mesa, Tempe, Chandler

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Lynn C. Tolson (Author)

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• Dewey: 920

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Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Nonfiction › True Accounts
• Books › Biographies & Memoirs › Family & Childhood
• Books › Health, Mind & Body › Psychology & Counseling › Suicide

Links to Supplemental Material edit see section history

• Beyond the Tears: A True Survivor's Story: Blog administered by author Lynn C. Tolson
• Facebook product page: Fan "like" page on Facebook displaying author events and book discussions
• Project 4 TEARS: Telling Everyone About Rape & Suicide: Cause page on Facebook displaying author's mission to comfort victims, break the silence, challenge society

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