September 2022: ALIVE AT THE END OF THE WORLD
Beautifully stated.
YEAR OF MAGICAL THINKING was the first book I can recall picking up to read with the intention of trying to understand grief. It was so foreign to me then; it felt like Joan Didion (also foreign to me then) was explaining that my life bordered a country I hadn’t realized existed.
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She reveals how you fall into a canyon of deep, agonizing grief time and time again, yet somehow you survive it and become more resilient, while still carrying that burden of loss
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So much this.
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I call that book my grief manual. I read it over and over trying to prepare myself for a big loss. When my mother died a few years ago it helped me tremendously. Joan Didion forever!!!
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Me also when my mom passed suddenly. She spoke what it really feels like.
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Not sure what I think happens when we die, but I'm still tearing up imaging her spirit reuniting with her beloveds John & Quintana.
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I felt the exact same picking up this book in my early 20s. My father was ill and I had no idea where I was headed.
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It’s a gift. I’m undone.
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