{"id":2672,"date":"2026-08-21T19:26:29","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T19:26:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deconstructionbook.com\/staging\/5065\/?page_id=2672"},"modified":"2026-08-27T17:33:38","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T17:33:38","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/deconstructionbook.com\/staging\/5065\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2672\" class=\"elementor elementor-2672\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e00829 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5e00829\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-90e0100 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"90e0100\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29d9c6d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"29d9c6d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A Memoir \u00b7 Atmosphere Press \u00b7 October 13, 2026<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-320ad37 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"320ad37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Fables of the Deconstruction<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e23890 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7e23890\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vol. 1: The Ghost in You<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18a81c1 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"18a81c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u201cWhen the world around you collapses, the only choice is to let it.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0b6cd33 elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"0b6cd33\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"#where-to-buy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Get the Book<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-033045b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"033045b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cdac881 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cdac881\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"book\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-efc2bcc e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"efc2bcc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;,&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f73b1f7 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f73b1f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInRight&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bafecce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bafecce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Book<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d5209f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d5209f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The Ghost in You<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4786d0e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4786d0e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>C.A. Kuhlmey\u2019s life \u2014 his marriage, his spiritual ideals, his very sense of self \u2014 crumbles in ways both intimate and cosmic. In this unflinching collection of essays and fables, he navigates addiction, loss, and the seductive illusions of spiritual communities, charting the wreckage of a life lived at the edge of belief.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c5e0b72 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c5e0b72\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Part memoir, part spiritual inquiry, <em>Fables of the Deconstruction: Vol. 1: The Ghost in You<\/em> is a candid reckoning with failure, devotion, and the difficult work of letting go \u2014 and finding a life beyond the dream of the unreal.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54cdc73 elementor-align-left elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"54cdc73\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/deconstructionbook.com\/staging\/5065\/look-inside\/\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Look Inside<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0126eac e-con-full e-flex e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0126eac\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-50d4e33 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"50d4e33\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" id=\"about\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2dae6f7 e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"2dae6f7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slideInLeft&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6b08cba elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6b08cba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>About the Author<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2018443 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2018443\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Christopher Kuhlmey<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39cfc7e elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"39cfc7e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Christopher Kuhlmey was born on the North Side of Chicago and spent many years immersed in the spiritual world of San Diego, California. He holds a BA in Spiritual Psychology from the University of Santa Monica and a PsyD in Clinical Psychology from Ryokan College, and has also submerged himself in the worlds of meditation and plant medicine.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-56f1486 elementor-widget__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"56f1486\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Raised in the punk rock and alternative music scene and shaped by years in the automotive industry, Chris brings a non-traditional, heterodoxic viewpoint to relationships, spirituality, and life.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b770eaf e-con-full e-flex elementor-invisible e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b770eaf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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