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The long goodbye

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Riverhead Books 2011Description: 306 pISBN:
  • 9781594485664
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 811.6 O7L6
Review: What does it mean to mourn today, in a culture that has largely set aside the rituals that acknowledge grief? In the days after her mother died of cancer at the age of 55, Meghan O’Rourke began to create a record of her life as a mourner, trying to capture the paradox of grief—its monumental agony and microscopic intimacies—an endeavor that ultimately bloomed into a profound look at how caring for her mother during her illness changed and strengthened their bond. O’Rourke’s story is one of a life gone off the rails, of how losing her mother—and separating from her husband—left her fundamentally altered. But it is also one of resilience, as she watches her family persevere even in the face of immeasurable loss. (http://www.penguin.com/read/book-clubs/the-long-goodbye/9781594485664)
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Books Vikram Sarabhai Library Rack 41-B / Slot 2375 (3rd Floor, East Wing) Fiction General Stacks 811.6 O7L6 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 187435

What does it mean to mourn today, in a culture that has largely set aside the rituals that acknowledge grief? In the days after her mother died of cancer at the age of 55, Meghan O’Rourke began to create a record of her life as a mourner, trying to capture the paradox of grief—its monumental agony and microscopic intimacies—an endeavor that ultimately bloomed into a profound look at how caring for her mother during her illness changed and strengthened their bond.
O’Rourke’s story is one of a life gone off the rails, of how losing her mother—and separating from her husband—left her fundamentally altered. But it is also one of resilience, as she watches her family persevere even in the face of immeasurable loss.
(http://www.penguin.com/read/book-clubs/the-long-goodbye/9781594485664)

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